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Balloons. Swiss pilots reign at Coupe Aéronautique "Gordon Bennett 2016" -VIDEO

Gladbeck, Germany - Swiss champions are first ever gas balloon pilots to land in Greece

Switzerland’s Kurt Frieden and Pascal Witpraechtiger (Team SUI 1) were crowned champions of the "60th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett" –the world’s gas balloon race– at a ceremony in Gladbeck, northwest Germany last Saturday September 24. Team SUI 2 pilots Nicolas Tièche and Laurent Sciboz were presented with the silver medals, while Spain’s Anulfo Gonzalez and Angel Aguirre of Team ESP 1 stepp...

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Rome, Italy, 09/26/2016 13:20
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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