BEL1 landed very well in a melon field in the Algerian Azeffoun area. The pilots and the equipment are okay and this is also the case with the other teams. Only the Finns got a little bit bruised during the landing. Luckily the locals are very helpful. Tomorrow we try to get the 3 teams together, and try to arrange an easy retrieve.

3 balloons, including our Belgica II are still close to Algeria. But it seems that they found favorable winds from the east towards Morocco or … Francis Bauwens, today’s meteo man is very positive and also the pilots still want to try something. That’s the right spirit, as our great pilot of the Belgica Albert Vanden Bemden always... Read more ....

Team GBR1 landed safely at 01:40 (Monday)  Pilots David Hempleman-Adam and Simon Carey landed safely in the NE of Spain. The retrieve crew was on site when the balloon landed. All is safe and clear. 11 ballons are still flying, all over the Mediterranean Sea. The Belgian team is working hard to find a way out… ore must we say A WAY IN! ... Read more ....

GER1 (Eimers / Seel) and GER2 (Hora / Löschhorn) landed safely on the island of Menorca. Did they make the right decision? We’ll see later on …

With the 53rd edition of the prestigious gas balloon race coming up, the community of Vernier can finally show off its own Coupe Gordon Bennett Street, “La Rue de la Coupe Gordon Bennett”. On Saturday September 5th, 16 aeronauts from Germany, Austria, Belgium, the United States, Finland, France, the United Kingdom and Switzerland will try... Read more ....

How Geneva became the organizer of the 53th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett From 1907 till 2007 the Coupe had always been organized by the country that had won the last edition of the race. Due to logistical and meteorological reasons the race couldn’t start in Belgium in 2007. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, seated in Lausanne... Read more ....