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2001 - 45th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Starting Point: Warstein, Germany September 1, 2001

The story

Rank Pilots Country Balloon
(reg & Name)
Landing Place Distance
(km)
Flight Time
1 LEYS, Vincent
LEYS, Jean-Francois
France F-PPSE
Le Petit Prince
Bräila/Daeni,
Romania
1616.6 77:47
2 JURG, Rien
VAN HOUTEN, Ron
Netherlands PH-KTS
Festo Flyer
Ciolanestii din Deal, Romania 1473.2 68:22
3 DE COCK, Philippe
VAN HAVERE, Ronny
Belgium OO-BCX
Belgica
Sinaia, Romania 1432.6 66:32
4 LEVIN, David
SULLIVAN, Mark
United States D-OAGH
The Goodie
Priseaca, Romania 1420.1 65:54
5 EIMERS, Wilhelm
LANDSMANN, Bernd
Germany D-OWBA Parsova, Romania 1247.6 48:28
6 ICHIYOSHI, Sabu
OIWA, Maco
Japan JA-A1044 Near Lugoj, Romania 1187.3 38:39
7 HOEHL, Josef
HANDL, Stefan
Germany D-OCOL
Columbus II
Rosia, Romania 1151.3 59:11
8 ABRUZZO, Richard
DAVIS, Carol Rymer
United States D-OGGY Roszke, Hungary 1032.0 40:48
9 FÜERSTNER, Johann
STURZLINGER, Gerald
Austria D-OUEE
Rose O;Grady
Asottgalom, Hungary 1022.8 41:24
10 STOLL, Christian
NAJER, Werner
Switzerland D-OCFT
The Nameless
Szeged, Hungary 1006.4 40:03
11 BRACHTENDORF, Heinrich
HUTCHMACHER, Karl-Heinz
Germany D-OBCW South of Pecs, Hungary 944.3 34:25
12 FRIEDEN, Kurt
KNOBELSPIESS, Manual
Switzerland D-OPMD Samod, Hungary 941.3 41:14
13 KREBS, Max
VOLKENWEIDER, Walter
Switzerland HB-BZH
Erdbeere
near Batelov, Czech Republic 553.8 23:21
14 AKERSTEDT, Hans
BALKEDAL, Jan
Sweden D-OWML Pisen, Czech Republic 386.1 16:43
15 DONNELLY, Tom
SUTCLIFFE, David
United Kingdom D-OARH near Bad Liebenstein, Germany 152.8 10:23
16 BRADLEY, Troy
MILLER, D. Earl
United States N-69RW Gardino, Italy 634.7
Disqualified
18:11

 


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