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Pilot
Co-pilot
Balloon |
Team |
Country |
Flown
distance |
Flown
time |
| 1928 |
17° GORDON BENNETT – Henry Ford Airport, Detroit (Michigan, USA) |
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| 1 |
Kepner, (Capt.) William E.
Eareckson, (Lt.) William O.
‘U.S. Army’ |
USA |
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740,80 km |
48:00 hr |
| 2 |
Kaulen sr., Hugo
Kaulen jr., Hugo
‘Barmen’ |
Germany |
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739,30 km |
41:25 hr |
| 3 |
Dollfus, Charles
Cormier, Georges
‘Blanchard’ |
France |
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720,80 km |
42:35 hr |
| 4 |
Blanchet, Georges M.
Le Gallee,
‘Lafayette’ |
France |
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669,00 km |
--:-- hr |
| 5 |
Rasmussen, S. A. U.
Southworth,
‘Denmark’ |
Denmark |
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624,60 km |
--:-- hr |
| 6 |
Eimermacher, Ferdinand
Zech, K.
‘Münster VIII’ |
Germany |
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619,80 km |
32:14 hr |
| 7 |
Palmer,
McKee,
‘Business Club’ |
USA |
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594,00 km |
--:-- hr |
| 8 |
Bradley, (Dr.) Eduardo
Elliff,
‘Argentine’ |
Argentinia |
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568,00 km |
--:-- hr |
| 9 |
Naylor,
Wherritt,
‘Detroit’ |
USA |
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523,00 km |
--:-- hr |
| 10 |
Thonnard,
Boel,
‘Wallonie’ |
Belgium |
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478,00 km |
--:-- hr |
| 11 |
Bertram, Otto
Fröbel, Georg
‘Ernst Brandenburg’ |
Germany |
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474,00 km |
26:00 hr |
| 12 |
Maag, Ernest L.
‘P.148’ |
Switzerland |
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404,00 km |
21:00 hr |
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