{"id":909,"date":"2012-09-02T14:27:04","date_gmt":"2012-09-02T12:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/?p=909"},"modified":"2012-09-02T14:27:04","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T12:27:04","slug":"gordon-bennet-cup-2012-with-17-balloons-started-yesterday-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/2012\/09\/02\/gordon-bennet-cup-2012-with-17-balloons-started-yesterday-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordon Bennet Cup 2012 with 17 balloons started yesterday evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a246cb021816c9f476ac16cb834b7362\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-2865779868887008\";\r\n\/* Android box *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1345074415\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Gordon Bennett Cup 2012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gordonbennett2012.ch\/system\/html\/Platzhalter-af364e0f.png\" alt=\"Gordon Bennett Cup 2012\" width=\"140\" height=\"153\" \/>The Gordon Bennet Cup (or\u00a0<em>Coupe A\u00e9ronautique Gordon Bennett<\/em>) is the most famous aviation event in the world and is the ultimate challenge for balloon pilots and their equipment. The objectives of the race are simple: to fly the furthest distance from the start in the open wicker basket of a gas balloon.<\/p>\n<p>This international gas balloon competition was initiated in 1906 by the adventurer and newspaper magnate James Gordon Bennett. In that year 16 balloons started from the gardens of the former Tuileries Palace in Paris. None of those present to see the event could possibly have imagined that the race would continue to be staged right into the 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0century.<\/p>\n<p>The 56th race will take place in 2012, 106 years after that first race. The rules remain almost unchanged. The winner will be the team that flies the longest distance in a straight line between the start and the landing point. The actual distance flown and the time taken are of no significance. The competing balloons are allowed a maximum volume of 1050 cubic meters (about 37\u2019080 cubic feet). The pilot and co-pilot must be the same nationality and their country must also be a member of the FAI (F\u00e9d\u00e9ration A\u00e9ronautique Internationale). Each country may enter a maximum of 3 teams. The winning country has the right to stage the next-but-one race, normally 2 years later.<\/p><!--CusAds0-->\n<p>All teams are airborne now. In time for the launch-sequence the moon lit friendly onto the scenery. While the brass-band was playing the national anthems live, competitors took to the sky high above Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Launchtimes (local time)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>AUT 2, Scherzer \/ Wagner: 22:27<\/li>\n<li>GER 1, Lausch \/ Lausch: 22:30<\/li>\n<li>FRA 2, Pelard \/ Peterle: 22:34<\/li>\n<li>RUS 1, Tyukhtyaev \/ Grishin: 22:41<\/li>\n<li>ESP 1, Gonzalez \/ Aguirre: 22:46<\/li>\n<li>USA 1, Fricke \/ Cuneo: 22:50<\/li>\n<li>GBR 1, Hempleman-Adams \/ Carey: 22:53<\/li>\n<li>SUI 2, Mattenberger \/ Krebs: 22:57<\/li>\n<li>AUT 1, Stuerzlinger \/ Herndl: 22:59<\/li>\n<li>GER 2, Hora \/ L\u00f6schhorn: 23:02<\/li>\n<li>FRA 1, Rolland \/ Leys: 23:06<\/li>\n<li>USA 2, Cayton \/ Manuel: 23:10<\/li>\n<li>GBR 2, Wood \/ Rose: 23:13<\/li>\n<li>SUI 1, Frieden \/ Witpraechtiger: 23:17<\/li>\n<li>GER 3, Eimers \/ Zenge: 23:21<\/li>\n<li>USA 3, Sullivan \/ White: 23:25<\/li>\n<li>SUI 3, Gschwendtner \/ Gerber: 23:30<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a title=\"Gordon bennett 2012 live tracking\" href=\"http:\/\/tracking.way.aero\/gordonbennett\/\" target=\"_blank\">Live tracing here.<\/a><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gordon Bennet Cup (or\u00a0Coupe A\u00e9ronautique Gordon Bennett) is the most famous aviation event in the world and is the ultimate challenge for balloon pilots and their equipment. The objectives of the race are simple: to fly the furthest distance from the start in the open wicker basket of a gas balloon. This international gas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,24,33,34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}