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Co-pilot
Balloon
Team Country Flown
distance
Flown
time
1996 40° GORDON BENNETT – Warstein, Sauerland (Germany)
   
1 Eimers, Wilhelm
Landsmann, Bernd
D-OCOL ‘Columbus II’
Germany 1286,90 km 72:01 hr
2 Wallace, John M.
Brielmann, Kevin
N1636S ‘Spirit of Springfield’
USA 1087,30 km 54:18 hr
3 Fürstner, Johann
Stürzlinger, Gerald
D-OBFA ‘Ballonfabrik Augsburg’
Austria 1004,30 km 41:19 hr
4 Imstepf, Max
Frieden, Kurt

Switzerland 1002,80 km 34:46 hr
5 Stoll, Christian
Najer, Werner
D-OCFT ‘The Nameless’
Switzerland 1000,50 km 39:44 hr
6 Fröhlin, Hansjörg
Vollenweider, Walter
HB-BTE ‘Circus Knie’
Switzerland 879,60 km 41:36 hr
7 Starkbaum, Josef
Starkbaum, Roland
OE-PZS ‘Polarstern’
Austria 687,20 km 22:47 hr
8 Höhl, Josef
Schubert, (Dr.) Alexander
D-OWML ‘Münsterland’
Germany 645,90 km 21:03 hr
9 Makné, Stefan
Brzozowski, Dariusz
SP-BZO ‘Polonez’
Poland 567,70 km 16:32 hr
10 Jurg, Rien
van Houten, Ron
PH-KTS ‘Festo Flyer’
Netherland 459,40 km 16:07 hr
11 Abruzzo, Richard
Melton, David
G-BWOK
USA 456,80 km 14:03 hr
12 Brachtendorf, Heinrich
Huthmacher, Karl-Heinz
D-COLUMBUS II
Germany 449,50 km 13:33 hr
13 Bradley, Troy
Stevenson - Bradley, Tamara
D-OALF ‘Halfeneisen’
USA 446,10 km 13:33 hr
14 Wagner, Silvia
Lewetz, Thomas
OE-ZZI
Austria 324,20 km 10:35 hr