GB2009 » accident http://gb2009.gasballon.be Gordon Bennett 2009 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:03:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Tragic death of balloon team leader http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/08/tragic-death-of-balloon-team-leader/ http://gb2009.gasballon.be/2009/08/tragic-death-of-balloon-team-leader/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:25:22 +0000 Luc http://gb2009.gasballon.be/?p=246 The leader of the Jersey Balloon team, due to compete in one of the sport’s most prestigious races, has died in a tragic . from Switzerland died on Friday in the Italian Alps.



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Serge Cuhat and Sten Adeler, a retired pilot who lives in Jersey, had been preparing to take part in the Gordon Bennet Cup – an exclusive gas balloon race due to start in Geneva next month. The race is known as the Grand Prix of ballooning with entry limited to just 18 places.



Yesterday, after a flight from Switzerland, the balloon landed in the Italian Alps near Pejo. After securing the balloon, Cuhat slipped on a bolder, lost his footing and tragically slipped over a drop to his death. He’d been flying balloons for 20 years.



Team-mate and close friend Sten Adeler said the Jersey team were in deep shock.



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