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 ....

Perhaps the most thrilling of all aeronautic sports is free ballooning.  The feeling one has, as the earth rapidly drops away from the ascending balloon, is one that cannot be described in words.  The earth becomes a map; cities appear as in Toyland, men as mere specs, and farm-lands as a checker board—each field a different color with just enough... Read more ....