09.09.2009 08:00: Bulletin Day 4
Good morning!
There is still one team in the air. The French pilots Sebastien Rolland and Vincent Leys are approaching the Portugese airspace these minutes. They are now airborne since more than 80 hours.
Now, as the landing positions of all other teams are known, these two pilots will certainly try to benefit and fly “just” a little bit further. But that should not be an easy task. The sun will quickly heat the land and create convection and gusts will be challenging the pilots. Meteo in the area also needs to be monitored closely.
09.09.2009 0705: Team SUI 2 (Stoll/Mattenberger) made stand-up landing
A very memorable flight. Congratulations to the swiss pilots Christian Stoll and Walter Mattenberger for their great flight!
After 80:01 hours flight-time and a distance of 1179 kms (preliminary results) a stand-up landing marked the end of the journey across 4 countries.
Christian Stoll also is the record-breaking participant in the long tradition of the Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett. No other pilot represented his country more often than Christian Stoll (21 times, 19 flights, 1988-2009).
Credits http://www.ballon.eu/2009_coupe_eboard.html
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