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Ballooning
Achievements, Winners and Awards |
Updated: 5 April 2008
Awards
Event Winners
Long Flights
Balloon and Airship Statistics
Montgolfier Diploma
The Montgolfier Diploma was created in 1960. The first two years several diplomas were
awarded for performance or contributions to the sport in the years before 1960. From
1972, two diplomas were available each year. One for an outstanding performance and one
for contribution to the development of the sport of ballooning in general.
After 1975, two performance diplomas were available, one for gas and one for hot air
balloonists. A third performance diploma, for Rozier balloon pilots, became
available, from 1992.
YEAR |
GAS |
HOT AIR |
ROZIER |
CONTRIBUTION |
|
2007 |
David Hemplemann-Adams (GBR) |
Richard Jaworski (USA) |
Troy Bradley (USA) |
Gert Scholz (AUT) |
|
2006
|
Philippe
De Cock & Ronny Van Havere (Belgium) |
Dr.
Vijaypat Singhania (India) |
none
|
none
|
|
2005
|
Bob
Berben & Benoït Siméons
(Belgium) |
Andy
Cayton (USA) |
Greg
Winker (USA) |
Pat
Brake (USA) |
|
2004
|
Mark Sullivan (USA) |
Markus Pieper (GER) |
|
Arnost Honig (CZE) |
2003 |
Dr. Coy Foster (USA) |
Troy Bradley (USA) |
David
Hempleman-Adams (GBR) |
Mark West (USA) |
2002 |
Jean-Francois Leys (FRA) and
Vincent Leys (FRA) |
Vic Johnson (USA) and Larry Simburger (USA) |
none |
none |
2001 |
Astrid Gerhardt (GER) |
Oscar Lindström(SWE ) |
none |
Albert Cramer (GER)
|
2000 |
none |
Jon Kolba (USA) |
Kevin J. Uliassi (USA) |
Jean Sax (BEL) |
1999 |
Richard Abruzzo (USA) and Dr. Carol Rymer Davis (USA) |
Uwe Schneider (GER) |
Bertrand Piccard (SUI) and Brian Jones (GBR) |
Masashi Kakuda (JPN) |
1998 |
none |
none |
none |
Josef Starkbaum (AUT) |
1997 |
none |
David Bareford (GBR) |
none |
Mark Sullivan (USA) |
1996 |
none |
none |
none |
Hans Akerstedt (SWE) |
1995 |
Alan Fraenckel (ISV) & John Stuart-Jarvis
(ISV) (both posthumous) |
William E. Bussey (USA) |
J. Steven Fossett (USA) |
Alan Fraenckel (ISV) (posthumous) & Victor
Fraenckel (USA) |
1994 |
none |
Jetta Schantz (USA) |
Steven Griffin (AUS) |
Tim Cole and Dennis Brown (USA) |
1993 |
Wilhelm Eimers (GER) |
Alan Blount (USA) |
John Wallington and Dick Smith (AUS) awarded
1995 |
Saburo Ichiyoshi (JPN) |
1992 |
David Levin (USA) |
Chris Dewhirst (Australia) and Andy Elson
(GBR) |
Thomas Feliu and Jesus Gonzales- Green (ESP) |
Les Purfield (GBR) |
YEAR |
GAS |
HOT AIR |
. |
CONTRIBUTION |
1991 |
none |
none |
. |
none |
1990 |
Don Cameron (GBR)awarded 1992 |
none |
. |
Gustav Samsel (FRA) |
1989 |
none |
none |
. |
Thomas A. Sheppard (USA) |
1988 |
none |
Michio Kanda (JPN) |
. |
Charles 'Dewey' Reinhard (USA) |
1987 |
none |
Per Lindstrand (SWE) |
. |
Ernst Iselin (SUI) |
1986 |
Henk Brink (NED) |
Coy Foster (USA) |
. |
Debbra Spaeth (USA) |
1985 |
none |
none |
. |
Malcolm Forbes (USA) |
1984 |
Franz-Josef (JoJo) Maes (GER) |
John Petrehn (USA |
. |
Joseph Kittinger (USA) (awarded by FAI
Council) |
1983 |
Joseph Kittinger (USA) |
Joseph Starkbaum (AUT) |
. |
Horst Hassold (GER) |
1982 |
Nikki Caplan (USA) |
Edward Chapman (USA) |
. |
Dick Wirth (UK) (posthumous) |
1981 |
John Shoecraft (USA) |
Michel Arnould (FRA) |
. |
Jan Balkedal (SWE) |
1980 |
Gerd Aderman (FRA) |
none |
. |
Carol Davis (USA) |
1979 |
none |
Chauncey Dunn (USA) |
. |
Richard Brown (USA) |
1978 |
Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, Larry
Newman, (USA) |
Philip Clark (GBR) |
. |
Geoffrey Green (HKG) |
1977 |
Wulf Bergner (GER) |
Nigel Tasker (GBR) |
. |
Gunter Pesch (GER) |
1976 |
Paul Edward Yost (USA) |
Bruce Comstock (USA) |
. |
Don Cameron (GBR) |
1975 |
Anthony Smith (GBR) |
Kingswood Sprott (USA) |
. |
Sydney Cutter (USA) |
YEAR |
PERFORMANCE |
. |
. |
CONTRIBUTION |
1974 |
Helma Sjuts (GER) |
. |
. |
Eddie Allen (USA) |
1973 |
Deiter Grieshaber (GER) |
. |
. |
Tracy Barnes (USA) |
1972 |
Julian Nott (GBR) |
. |
. |
Walter Locher (GER) |
YEAR |
PERFORMANCE or
CONTRIBUTION |
. |
. |
. |
1971 |
Karl Stefan (USA) |
|
|
|
1970 |
Hans Dolpp (GER) |
|
|
|
1969 |
Peter Pellegrino (USA) |
|
|
|
1968 |
Wolfgang Haueisen (GER) |
|
|
|
1967 |
Alfred Schulz (GER) |
|
|
|
1966 |
Ernst Krauer (SUI) |
|
|
|
1965 |
Fritz Braun (GER) |
|
|
|
1964 |
Fred Forrer (SUI) |
|
|
|
1963 |
Nini Boesman (NED) |
|
|
|
1962 |
Don Piccard (USA |
|
|
|
1961 |
Constance Wolf (USA) |
|
|
|
1960 |
George Ernest (Gerry) Long (GBR) |
|
|
|
|
Fred Dolder (SUI) |
|
|
|
|
H. Kipfer (SUI) |
|
|
|
|
Ernst Frank (GER) |
|
|
|
|
Philippe Quersin (BEL) |
|
|
|
|
Charles Dollfus (FRA) |
|
|
|
1959 |
Bruno Potthast (GER) |
|
|
|
|
Alfred Eckert (GER) |
|
|
|
|
H.G. Cannegieter (NED) |
|
|
|
|
Ernst Huber (SUI) |
|
|
|
|
Ernest Demuyter (BEL) |
|
|
|
|
Zbigniew Burzynski (POL) |
|
|
|
|
Franciszek Janik (POL) |
|
|
|
Santos-Dumont Award
| CIA Meeting |
Year |
Recipient |
| 2007 |
2006 |
Stanislaw Fuodoroff
(Russia)
|
| 2005 |
2004 |
David Hempleman-Adams (GBR) |
| 2003 |
2002 |
Hokan Colting (CAN) |
| 2001 |
2000 |
Oscar Lindström (SWE) |
| 1998 |
1997 |
Karl-Ludwig (Mucky) Busemeyer (GER) |
| 1997 |
1996 |
Tom Sage (GBR) |
| 1996 |
1995 |
Vladimir Ustinovitch (RUS) |
| 1995 |
1994 |
Guy Moyano (LUX) |
| |
1993 |
Don Cameron (GBR) |
Hall of Fame
INDUCTEES
|
LIVING |
|
|
POSTHUMOUS |
|
| 2008 |
Josef Starkbaum |
Austria |
|
Hugo
Eckener |
Germany |
| 2007 |
Don Cameron |
United
Kingdom |
|
Masashi Kakuda |
Japan |
| 2006 |
Jacques
Soukup and
Kirk Thomas |
USA |
|
Ernest
Demuyter |
Belgium |
| 2003 |
Helma Sjuts |
Germany |
|
Malcolm Forbes |
USA |
| 2002 |
Don Piccard |
USA |
|
Henri Giffard |
FRA |
| 2001 |
Bruce Comstock |
USA |
|
Jean Pierre Blanchard |
France |
| 2000 |
Karl Stefan |
USA |
|
Robert Brothers |
France |
| 1999 |
Alfred Eckert |
Germany |
|
Charles Green |
UK |
| 1998 |
Anthony Smith |
UK |
|
Vincent Lunardi |
Italy |
| 1997 |
Steve Fossett |
USA |
|
Salomon August Andree |
Sweden |
| 1996 |
Nini Boesman |
Netherlands |
|
Jo Boesman |
Netherlands |
| 1995 |
Ed Yost |
USA |
|
Ben Abruzzo |
USA |
|
|
|
|
Maxie Anderson |
USA |
|
|
|
|
Madeleine-Sophie Armant Blanchard |
France |
|
|
|
|
Prof. Jacques Alexandre
César Charles |
France |
|
|
|
|
Charles Dollfus |
France |
|
|
|
|
Joseph & Etienne Montgolfier |
France |
|
|
|
|
Auguste Piccard |
Switzerland |
|
|
|
|
Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier |
France |
|
|
|
|
Alberto Santos-Dumont |
Brazil |
|
|
|
|
Dick Wirth |
UK |
|
|
|
|
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
Germany |
| |
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NOMINATIONS
| LIVING |
|
|
POSTHUMOUS |
|
| Rocky
Aoki |
USA |
|
Rev. John Mackenzie Bacon |
UK |
| Jan
Balkedal |
SWE |
|
Michio Kanda |
Japan |
| Tracey Barnes |
USA |
|
Bartholomeu
Lourenco de Gusmão |
BRA |
| Brian
Boland |
USA |
|
Thaddeus Lowe |
USA |
| Ron Clarke |
USA |
|
Felix Tournachon (Nadar) |
France |
| Jose Luis Camacho |
Spain |
|
Jeannette & Jean Piccard |
USA |
| Sid Cutter |
USA |
|
Norman Pritchard |
GBR |
| Tony Fairbanks |
USA |
|
Malcolm
Ross |
USA |
| Denny Floden |
USA |
|
James Sadler |
UK |
| Jesus Gonzales Green &
Tomas Feliu Ruis |
Spain |
|
Mrs. Letitia Sage |
UK |
| Sabu Ichiyoshi |
Japan |
|
Albert W. Stevens & Orvil A. Anderson |
USA |
| Brian
Jones |
GBR |
|
Mrs. Connie Wolf |
USA |
| David Levin |
USA |
|
|
|
| Joseph
Kittinger |
USA |
|
|
|
| Per Lindstrand |
UK & Sweden |
|
|
|
| Lindsay Muir |
UK |
|
|
|
| Larry
Newman
|
USA |
|
|
|
| Peter Pellegrino |
USA |
|
|
|
| Peter Peterka |
Switzerland |
|
|
|
| Bertrand
Piccard |
SWI |
|
|
|
| Russ Pohl |
USA |
|
|
|
| Neil & Diana Robertson |
UK |
|
|
|
| Oliver Roux Devillas |
France |
|
|
|
| Tom Sage |
UK |
|
|
|
| Jim Winkler |
USA |
|
|
|
Air Sports Medals
| CIA Meeting |
Recipient |
| 2007 |
Ivan
Tarasov (RUS) |
| 2006 |
Masakazu
Matsuzawa (Matsu) (JPN) |
|
Valery
Gavrilov (RUS) |
| 2005 |
Tony Pinner (GBR) |
|
Stanislaw Fuodoroff (RUS) |
| 2004 |
Japanese Balloon Federation |
| 2003 |
Gun Ekdahl (SWE) |
|
Jonathan Thornton (VRA) Posthumously |
|
Victor Zagainov (KAZ) Posthumously |
| 2002 |
Diego Criado del Rey (ESP) |
|
Boris Karakaev (RUS) |
|
Vladimir Orlov (RUS) |
|
Monique Orne (SWE) |
|
Norman Pritchard (GBR) |
|
Nikolai Tarassenko (RUS) |
|
Victor Thorne (GBR) |
| 2001 |
Bengt Stener (SWE) |
|
Yuri Yakutin (RUS) |
| 2000 |
Pat Brake (USA) |
|
Jodie Baugh (USA) |
|
Jim Thompson (USA) |
| 1999 |
Jean Boileau (CAN) |
|
Per Ake Herrstrom (SWE) |
| 1998 |
John Grubbstrom (SWE) |
| 1997 |
Barbara Butler (ISV) |
| 1996 |
Mrs Ludmila Ivanova (RUS) |
|
Panagiotis Sgourides (GRE) |
|
Manolis Mavroforos (GRE) |
|
Ingemar Lilja (SWE) |
| 1995 |
Pit Thibo/CADGL (LUX) |
|
Yorgos Stathopoulos (GRE) |
|
Miltiades Kotzayerides (GRE) |
|
Becky Pope (USA) |
| 1993 |
Hans Åkerstedt (SWE) |
CIA Badges
CIA PILOT ACHIEVEMENT SCHEME REGISTER
31 March 2007
See Article and forms
Download
Badges File
|
Gold +3 diamonds |
| 1 |
Josef Starkbaum |
AUT |
1995 |
| 2 |
Bruce Comstock |
USA |
1995 |
| 3 |
Mark Sullivan |
USA |
1996 |
| 4 |
David Levin |
USA |
1996 |
| 5 |
David Hempleman-Adams |
GBR |
2001 |
| 6 |
Steve Griffin |
AUS |
2002 |
| 7 |
Philippe de Cock |
BEL |
2005 |
| 8 |
Ed Chapman |
USA |
2006 |
| 9 |
Brian Jones |
GBR |
2006 |
| 10 |
Julian Nott |
GBR |
2006 |
| 11 |
David Bareford |
GBR |
2006 |
| 12 |
Carol Rymer-Davies |
USA |
2006 |
| 13 |
Poa Ekeblad |
SWE |
2006 |
| 14 |
Stanislaw Fuodoroff |
RUS |
2007 |
NOTES
- Figures in bold are national or world records
- Blue background indicates flights carried out in AA, AS or AM
balloons
- Yellow background indicated flights carried out in Airships
- Changes since previous issue (2005-12-13) are marked in red.
- Gold Badges with 3 diamonds is the highest badge value even if some
pilots have 4 diamond performances.
|
PILOT |
NAT |
DISTANCE
km |
DURATION
h:m |
ALTITUDE metres |
PRECISION metres |
BADGE |
YEAR |
Gold + 3D
No |
|
ALLAN Richard |
GBR |
320.00
|
6:35 |
3,150
|
0.60
|
Silver |
1995 |
|
|
BAREFORD David |
GBR |
320.70
|
19:15 |
9,700
|
0.02
|
G
+ 3D |
2006 |
11 |
|
BAKANOV Mikhail |
RUS |
315.00
|
10:17 |
6,749
|
0.92
|
Gold |
2002 |
|
|
BAYLY Rob |
GBR |
411.40
|
7:30 |
6,428
|
0.89
|
Gold |
1996 |
|
|
BROEDERS Henk |
NED |
668.00
|
9:00 |
7,857
|
0.78
|
G
+ 1D |
2001 |
|
|
BROWN Tony |
GBR |
127.00
|
6:05 |
9,357
|
0.13
|
Silver |
2002 |
|
|
BUSSEY William E |
USA |
1,440.00
|
24:14 |
7,589
|
0.52
|
G
+ 3D |
1995 |
|
|
CHAPMAN Ed |
USA |
621.10
|
19:12 |
10,084
|
0.95
|
G
+ 3D |
2006 |
8 |
|
COMSTOCK Bruce P |
USA |
794.00
|
24:07 |
9,393
|
0.46
|
G
+ 3D |
1995 |
2 |
|
COURT David |
GBR |
132.60
|
3:37 |
3,201
|
7.72
|
Silver |
1997 |
|
|
DANKERL Peter |
GER |
235.00
|
4:00 |
5,000
|
7.47
|
Silver |
2002 |
|
|
DE BRUIJN Mathijs |
NED |
316.00
|
6:14 |
6,837
|
0.07
|
G
+ 1D |
2005 |
|
|
DE COCK Philippe |
BEL |
1,432.60
|
66:32 |
9,373
|
0.04
|
G
+ 4D |
2004 |
7 |
|
DONNELLY Tom |
GBR |
711.86
|
14:30 |
5,943
|
7.88
|
Silver |
1997 |
|
|
DONNET Jean |
FRA |
285.50
|
6:37 |
6,354
|
9.50
|
Silver |
1997 |
|
|
DUKSTE Gunars |
LAT |
144.00
|
4:40 |
5,200
|
8.47
|
Silver |
2002 |
|
|
DUPPA-MILLER Chris |
GBR |
320.00
|
7:15 |
6,750
|
0.13
|
Gold |
1997 |
|
|
EATON Gary |
USA |
113.10
|
3:55 |
5,120
|
2.20
|
Silver |
2003 |
|
|
EKEBLAD Poa |
SWE |
576.87
|
12:10 |
9,035
|
0.60
|
G+3D |
2006 |
13 |
|
EKSTEDT Lars |
SWE |
104.20
|
6:15 |
3,282
|
6.75
|
Silver |
1998 |
|
|
ELLIS Lawrie |
GBR |
165.76
|
6:01 |
3,001
|
1.41
|
Silver |
2001 |
|
|
EVANS Andrew |
GBR |
111.80
|
3:15 |
3,261
|
7.30
|
Silver |
1997 |
|
|
FINK Thomas |
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