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Swiss team win the "2019 Gordon Bennett Cup"

The two pilots landed their gas balloon in Romania, from France

The "63rd Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett", the FAI World Long-distance Gas Balloon Championship, saw the victory of team SUI-1 (Laurent Sciboz/Nicolas Tièche) on Tuesday 17 September. The two pilots landed their gas balloon in Romania, 1774.76km from the take-off site in Montbéliard, France. They spent a total of 82h03m in the air. SUI-2 (Kurt Frieden/Pascal Witpraechtiger) – came second, while...

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Montbéliard, France, 09/23/2019 17:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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