GB2009 http://gb2009.gasballon.be Gordon Bennett 2009 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:03:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Final Results… http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/final-results/ http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/final-results/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:59:56 +0000 Luc-Donald http://gb2009.gasballon.be/?p=896 Final published after debriefing all teamsPrice-giving



Final Results GB 2009



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]]> http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/final-results/feed/ 0 BEL 1 pilots are back in Europe! http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/bel-1-pilots-are-back-in-europe/ http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/bel-1-pilots-are-back-in-europe/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:25:04 +0000 Luc-Donald http://gb2009.gasballon.be/?p=893 BEL 1 pilots are back in Europe! Ronny and Luc, and also the pilots from FIN1 did come back to Europe (Marseille) overnight. Before the trip, they packed their balloons carefully and arranged also shipment for the equipment. Ronny and Luc are heading for now for the debriefing and closing ceremony tomorrow Saturday.



End good, all good!



Back in Europe



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]]> http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/bel-1-pilots-are-back-in-europe/feed/ 0 Scaring the girls http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/scarying-the-girls/ http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/scarying-the-girls/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:53:53 +0000 Luc-Donald http://gb2009.gasballon.be/?p=826 Scaring the girls… but they only want  a Photo!!!Spanish Fighter Jet



Picture from Ann of spanish fighter jet circling Janet and Ann at the  exact moment they broke the record.



Cheers, Julian



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]]> http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/scarying-the-girls/feed/ 0 Here they are! http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/here-they-are/ http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/here-they-are/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:26:58 +0000 Luc-Donald http://gb2009.gasballon.be/?p=819 The winning team Rolland / LëysThe French team (FRA1) won the “53e Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett”, after 4 days of flight, near the airport of Lagos, in the extreme south-west of Portugal.Sébastien ROLLAND and Vincent LEYS have flown 1587 km,overtaking the Swiss 1 team of 17 km!Landing spot



 As required by the rules, France will be the organizer of the 55th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2011. The 2010 edition will leave from England, whose team won the 2008 edition in Albuquerque (USA).



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]]> http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/here-they-are/feed/ 0 Hot news… http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/hot-news/ http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/hot-news/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:43:47 +0000 Luc-Donald http://gb2009.gasballon.be/?p=792 The invasion of the three gas balloons in Algeria from overseas is ‘Hot ’ in Belgium. At about 22:10 LT the Belgian TV één has a live talk with pilots Luc Van Geyte and Ronny Van Havere (Belgian Team) in the program ‘De laatste show’.
Big news...



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]]> http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/hot-news/feed/ 0 Bel1 congratulates all the teams http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/congratulations-to-all-participants/ http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/congratulations-to-all-participants/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:44:07 +0000 Luc-Donald http://gb2009.gasballon.be/?p=787 The pilots and the complete team of the BELGICA II want to congratulate Sébastien and Vincent (FRA1) and all the competitors at this 53th Gordon Bennett for their achievements.



It was an unbelievable exciting race with plucky on difficult places.



Our pilots would be happy to be in Spain or Portugal too but at the same time they are proud to be within the first pilots who did fly to Africa with a normal gas balloon… and it ‘s very warm in Algeria also.



BEL 1 want to say ‘thank you very much’ to everyone who helped us in Belgium and also there in Algeria.



The 3 ‘African teams’ and their balloons are together in Algiers now and hope to come to Europe soon… When? That’s the question!Algeria(2)



Algeria(1)



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]]> http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/congratulations-to-all-participants/feed/ 0 Press corner (1) http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/press-corner-1/ http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/press-corner-1/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:00:28 +0000 Luc-Donald http://gb2009.gasballon.be/?p=774 The 53th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett in the :



Press - Gazet van Antwerpen



De Gentenaar 10 SEPT 2009



El Moudjahid - 10 SEPT 2009



Online articles:



F.A.I. – Leys and Rolland win the 53rd Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett



Het Laatste Nieuws – Belgische ballonvaarders op weg naar Portugal stranden ten oosten van Algiers



Het Nieuwsblad – Belgische ballonvaarders landen onverwacht in Algerije



Sportwereld – Belgische ballonvaarders landen onverwacht in Algerije



Deredactie.be – Meloenen i.p.v. porto: ballonvaarders uit koers



De Standaard – Ballonvaarders mikken op Spanje en landen in Algerije



De Telegraaf – Belgische ballonvaarders landen in verkeerd continent



Liberté Algérie – Trois montgolfières atterrissent en Kabylie



Le Soir – Fin de course incroyable



Le Soir – L’arrivée de la Gordon Bennett



Le Soir – 53è Gordon Bennett à Genève



TSA – Deux Finlandais blessés dans un atterrissage forcé de trois montgolfières près de Tizi Ouzou



Nord éclair – Vincent Leys, aérostier en route pour le 5e ciel



Nord éclair – CLIC… CLAC



Aéronautique – La France remporte la 53e Coupe aéronautique Gordon Bennett



Maineville Presque Ile – Presque Isle native in international balloon race



University of Nottingham – Record breaking balloonist does it again



University of Manchester – Sky is the limit for Manchester’s record breaking researcher



Manchester Evening News – Women record holders on a high



Bangordailynews – Balloon on trek lands in Spain



Loop aero – FRENCH PILOTS WIN GORDON BENNETT



Zürcher Unterlander – Im Notfall fliegt der Proviant raus



Tribune de Genève – La Suisse battue sur le fil lors de la Coupe Gordon Bennett



The Miracle Balloon – The Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett



Oltner Tagblatt – Schwebend die Welt von oben sehen



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]]> http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/press-corner-1/feed/ 0 Director’s corner (13) http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/directors-corner/ http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/directors-corner/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:14:33 +0000 Luc-Donald http://gb2009.gasballon.be/?p=763 09.09.2009 12:00 loc / 10:00 UTC Team FRA landed in Portugal



With the safe of the last team – Sébastien Rolland / Vincent Leys – the 53e. Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett came to an end.



What an epic race. Bravo à lous les équipages. Pilots and teams well done.



You all promoted gasballooning in the best possible way. We are all thankful for your flights which we could watch on the screens. We are looking forward to welcoming you safely back home.



FRA1



Preliminary



These are the preliminary ranks of this year’s Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett:



  1. FRA 1, Sébastien ROLLAND / Vincent LEYS
  2. SUI 1, Kurt FRIEDEN / Pascal WITPRAECHTIGER
  3. USA 2, Mark SULLIVAN / Cheryl WHITE

The official will not be published before friday night (possibly saturday morning) because all the data will have to be evaluated in the pilot debriefing. Teams will not be back before friday. However, so far, we believe the ranking to be accurate.



Map LiveTracking



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]]> http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/directors-corner/feed/ 0 They did it… http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/they-did-it/ http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/they-did-it/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:39:42 +0000 Luc-Donald http://gb2009.gasballon.be/?p=759 All teams safely landed now. FRA 1, Sébastien Rolland and Vincent Lëys, just confirmed safe in Portugal, Lagos Airport area. Congratulations to all teams!



Final Touch Down



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]]> http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/they-did-it/feed/ 0 FRA1 is still flying… http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/fra1-is-still-flying/ http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/09/fra1-is-still-flying/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:56:30 +0000 Luc-Donald http://gb2009.gasballon.be/?p=757 While our good friends Vincent and Sébastien (team FRA1) are still in the air trying to get a little bit farther than the already fantastic result of SUI1 our team is preparing for a trip to Algiers.



From Algiers, they will try to get onto a ferry to Marseille… it seems that they’re not yet home but everything looks well coordinated by the ambassadors and the mood in Algeria is very good. What an adventure!



In a few hours this Gordon Bennett race 2009 will be over and the top 3 known. We can say it now: it was one of the most exciting and thrilling races of the last years. We see again that to the south is not so easy for the pilots and certainly not for the meteorologist.



And now we hope that FRA 1 makes a safe ! as soon as FRA1 has landed!



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