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19 Aug 2023
By Hiromi Furukawa (JPN), Hot Air Balloon Pilot, CIA PMR & Officials Subcommittee member The 2023/6th FAI Junior World Hot Air Balloon Championship (JWHABC) begins soon with details as follows. Date: Practice flights on 20th and 21st August. Competition flights from 22nd to 26th August...
Start: Berlin Gas-factory Schmargendorf, October 11th, 3 p.m From the Book: Die Gordon Bennett Ballon Rennen (The Gordon Bennett Races) by Ulrich Hohmann Sr The past races had provided long-distance flights, the 1908 race put the most adventurous flight into the history of the races. The result and...
Start: Lech am Arlberg, Austria, September 21 From the Book: Die Gordon Bennett Ballon Rennen (The Gordon Bennett Races) by Ulrich Hohmann Sr It is now the third race, to which my wife Hanne and me are travelling from Nürnberg to the village of Lech am Arlberg in Vorarlberg. We therefore know the...