FRA1 is still flying…

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... Read more ....

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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... Read more ....

Good news from Algeria!

  The Bel1 and Fin1 teams are in a private hotel of the Algerian Government. Everything seems OK and there is a great protection from the government. (5 policemen on and around the hotel room of Luc and Ronny). Today the balloons are on the news all over Algeria in prime time. Also in Belgium reporters have heard the news about the Belgian Gordon... Read more ....

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07.09.2009  – 21:15 loc: Bulletin 6 Teams are now entering their third night in European skies. Imagine a 1.2 m² basket where pilots work and sleep, develop strategies and ask for clearances, monitor the weather and discuss forecasts with their ground support teams. Bravo à tous les équipages. Well done – so far. The teams GBR 2 (Janet... Read more ....

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07.09.2009 09:00 loc (monday): Bulletin The Coupe continues to deliver very challenging stories. Yesterday (sunday) four balloons had landed safely: GER2, GER1, FRA and GER3. During the early hours last night team GBR 1 had concluded its flight in the NE of Spain. We very closely monitored the teams AUT, FIN and BEL who are just north of Algeria.... Read more ....

BEL 1 still flying!

Our team goes for another night in the air, they have no choice as they’re still over water, heading for Africa. Let’s hope winds turn towards (friendly) land. Tomorrow morning things will become clear. Ronny and Luc remain calm and concentrated and the balloon still works well. The teams on the ground are sitting nearly 24/24 behind the... Read more ....

All balloons are still flying

The leaders at this early point in the Gordon Bennett are Gerald Stürzlinger and Nikolaus Binder, close by followed by Ronny Van Havere and Luc Van Geyte, who at this writing are about 480 km out of Geneva. All balloons are still flying and they are moving pretty quickly. Some of the teams are over the Mediterranean now heading for Africa (off... Read more ....
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