FAI Ballooning Commission
World Wide Balloon & Airship Statistics
For Year 31 December 1997
|
COUNTRY |
Hot Air
Balloons |
Gas
Balloons |
Rozier
Balloons |
Hot Air
Airships |
Gas
Airships |
Totals |
|
|
Balloons |
Pilots |
Balloons |
Pilots |
Balloons |
Pilots |
Airships |
Pilots |
Airships |
Pilots |
Aerostats |
Pilots |
|
ALGERIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
ARGENTINA |
22 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
20 |
|
AUSTRALIA (96) |
184 |
268 |
4 |
14 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
193 |
302 |
|
AUSTRIA |
261 |
270 |
5 |
57 |
1 |
57 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
268 |
388 |
|
BELARUS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
BELGIUM |
280 |
218 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
284 |
223 |
|
BRAZIL |
80 |
56 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
83 |
58 |
|
BULGARIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
CANADA |
440 |
280 |
4 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
2 |
3 |
450 |
303 |
|
CHILE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
CHINA |
50 |
60 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
56 |
68 |
|
CHINESE TAIPEI(96) |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
12 |
|
CROATIA |
12 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
20 |
|
CZECH REPUBLIC |
83 |
52 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
84 |
60 |
|
DENMARK |
40 |
48 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
40 |
48 |
|
EGYPT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
FINLAND |
48 |
48 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
48 |
48 |
|
FRANCE |
740 |
567 |
9 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
751 |
586 |
|
GERMANY |
1237 |
1364 |
44 |
265 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
20 |
4 |
10 |
1292 |
1659 |
|
GREECE |
16 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
16 |
|
HONG KONG |
5 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
10 |
|
HUNGARY |
100 |
132 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
102 |
137 |
|
INDIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
IRELAND |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
ITALY |
78 |
90 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
84 |
96 |
|
JAPAN |
417 |
1039 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
n/a |
417 |
1045 |
|
KAZAKHSTAN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
KENYA |
18 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
20 |
|
KOREA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
LATVIA |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
|
LITHUANIA |
28 |
48 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
48 |
|
LUXEMBOURG |
23 |
43 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
45 |
|
NETHERLANDS |
320 |
145 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
322 |
151 |
|
NORWAY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
POLAND |
60 |
139 |
3 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
63 |
154 |
|
RUMANIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
RUSSIA |
150 |
64 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
155 |
69 |
|
SLOVAK REP (96) |
12 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
10 |
|
SLOVENIA (96) |
25 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
71 |
|
SOUTH AFRICA |
54 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
54 |
26 |
|
SPAIN |
160 |
236 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
160 |
236 |
|
SWEDEN |
155 |
156 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
157 |
165 |
|
SWITZERLAND |
484 |
459 |
34 |
51 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
524 |
518 |
|
TURKEY |
13 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
27 |
|
UKRAINE (96) |
14 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
15 |
9 |
|
UK |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
791 |
|
USA |
7000 |
7800 |
31 |
112 |
0 |
112 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
58 |
7045 |
7973 |
|
VENEZUELA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
YUGOSLAVIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
TOTALS |
12625 |
13820 |
144 |
556 |
3 |
175 |
50 |
110 |
23 |
78 |
12842 |
15418 |
Last Updated on 98-08-11
By Alex Nagorski
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