Updated 16th October 2017 Gas balloon teams taking part in the 2017 America’s Challenge–a distance race for gas balloons–broke many records in an intense
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Balloonists Locked in Tight Race Across America
The Swiss duo of Nicolas Tièche and Laurent Sciboz (Team 6), have covered 1138 miles and are flying over Wisconsin toward the Great Lakes. Defending champions Barbara Fricke and Peter Cuneo of the U.S. (Team 1) have covered 1124 miles! In this race, U.S. (Team 1) has also snatched the lead from the Swiss duo (Team 6), who in turn regained the lead, overnight.
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Interview with Jerry Copas: Aviator and Author
“What’s most intriguing about the 1925 crash of USS Shenandoah, America’s first rigid airship, is that the most modern state-of-the-art flying machine of the
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A Gripping Story of America’s Great Airship
Jerry Copas adds a new dimension with powerful images. The USS Shenandoah was a 680-foot-long rigid airship and the pride of the American Navy
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2017 World Long Distance Balloon Championship Results
Twenty-one gas balloon teams took part in the 61st Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett Race. They took off on 8th September 2017, between 17:30 and 18:33
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French Pilots Win World’s Prestigious Gas-Balloon Race
Source: FAI — French balloon pilots Vincent Leys and Christophe Houver won the 61st Gordon Bennett Cup over the weekend of 8-10 September 2017.
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21 Gas Balloon Teams Race Across European Skies
Yesterday, 21 gas balloon teams from 13 countries took off from Gruyères airfield, in Switzerland to compete in the 61st Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett
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From Near Space, 100 Balloons with Cameras to Send Video of Eclipse
NASA, and its video platform Stream, will launch 100 balloons attached to cameras that will soar 100,000 feet above the Earth’s surface to provide
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Rope-Walk at a Terrifying Height Between Balloons
This thrill seeker walks on a wobbly rope 2,165 feet above the ground, between two floating hot-air balloons. Stanislav Paniuta struggled at first to get a foothold on the rope as balloon pilots and others watch. Was the risk catastrophic?
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Incredible Journey of a Japanese Balloon Bomb
On February 23, 1945, three preteen boys, Larry Bailey and brothers Ken and Bob Fein, were playing in North Dorr, Michigan, near the Fein’s house. All of a sudden, a mysterious object appeared floating overhead and descend at a 45° angle. The boys knew that it was about to land close by. “We were so excited, we got a family friend Joe Wolf to come with us in his pickup truck, and we tracked it,” said Bailey.
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