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2003 - 47th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Starting Point: Arc-et-Senans, France  September,14  2003

The story

Rank

Team Name

Pilot/Co-Pilot

Registration

Launch Time (UTC)

Landing Time (UTC)

Flight Time

Landing position

Distance (km)

1

France 1

Leys, Vincent
Leys, Jean-François

F-PPSE

2003-09-14 22:13:00

2002-09-03 20:12:00

69:59

N37°31'41.2"
W008°46'06.8"
Zambujeira do Mar, Portugal

1596.50

2

United States 1

Abruzzo, Richard
Johnson, Gary 

N96YD

   

41:08

 

 

1519.90

3

Belgium 1

De Cock, Philippe
Van Havere, Ronny

OO-BCX

   

41:51

 

1422.70

4

Germany 1

Eimers, Wilhelm
Landsmann, Bernd

D-OOWE

   

30:42

 

1050.30

5

Austria 2

Wagner, Silvia
Scherzer, Sepp

D-OCOL

   

17:10

 

928.10

6

Belgium 2

Berben, Bob
Siméons Benoît

D-OBYN

   

10:41

 

572.20

7

United States 3

Sullivan, Mark
Levin, David

D-OWNT

   

10:41

 

559.00

8

Austria 1

Stuerzlinger, Gerald
Fuerstner, Johann

D-ORZL

   

14:33

 

528.60

9

United Kingdom 1

Folkes, Janet
Butter, Colin

HB-BJS

   

10:13

 

518.40

10

Switzerland 2

Frieden, Kurt
Zeberli, Stefan

HB-QHJ

   

15:10

 

517.50

11

Germany 2

Schmöhl, Klaus
Göhrmann, Bernd

D-OWBA

   

11:25

 

510.00

12

France 2

Villey-Desmeserets, Thierry
Buron Pilâtre, Philippe

F-GIRE

   

09:04

 

498.80

13

United States 2

Vitanza, Louis
Padelt, Albert

N6395V

   

08:44

 

491.00

14

Germany 3

Brachtendorf, Heinrich/
Huthmacher, Karl-Heinz

D-OBCW

   

11:33

 

487,00

15

Sweden 1

Akerstedt, Hans
Balkedal, Jan

D-OWML

   

14:05

 

483.10

*

Switzerland 1

Krebs, Max
Vollenweider, Walter

D-OCFT

   

00:00

 

0.00

Switzerland 3

Stoll, Christian
Najer, Werner

HB-QHP

   

00:00

 

0.00

* withdraw from the competition and did not launch.

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