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 ....