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1985 - 29th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Starting Point: Geneve, Switzerland September 28, 1985

The story

   

Pilots Name

Co-Pilots Name

       
Rank Country Last First Last First BalloonName LandingPlace Distance km Time

1

AUT

Starkbaum

Josef

Scholz

Gerd

HB-BBL Volksbank

Sanary-sur-Mer/Toulon/France

342

21:09

2

POL

Makne

Stefan

Ozga

Waldemar

SP-BZR Polonia

Toulon/France

325

22:58

3

SUI

Spenger

Karl

Messner

Martin

HB-BFC Jura

Bouche du Rhone/France

323

13:50

4

USA

Levin

David

Rider

Frank

HB-BEE Kolanda

Istres/France

316

16:38

5

POL

Cieslak

Ireneuz

Czerniawski

Jerzy

SP-BZN Almatur

Istres/France

310

13:00

6

SWE

Akerstedt

Hans

Balkedal

Jan

D-Gatzweiler II

Marignane/France

307

21:07

7

SUI

Osterwalder

Silvan

Signer

Gerold

HB-BEW "GZB"

Miramas/France

306

14:52

8

FRA

Muchery

Jean-Jacques

Villey

Thierry

Armand Barbes

Istres/France

documents stolen

9

SUI

Peterka

Peter

Pfenninger

Werner

HB-BDU

St.Martin-de-Crau/France

304

13:44

10

USA

Schiller

Jim

Woods

Randy

Moon Shadow

Tarascon/France

294

18:45

11

GER

Kuinke

Volker

Sjuts

Helma

D-Düsseldorf

Lambesc/France

290

21:00

12

GER

Maes

Jojo

Bergner

Wulf

D-Augsburg

Montelimar/France

208

14:25

13

GER

Eimers

Wilhelm

Marienfeld

Klaus

D-Karstadt

Chambery

68

44:20


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