50th Gordon Bennett Race
September 9th - 16th, 2006 - Waasmunster, Belgium

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Launch Seq. Team Name Country Pilot/
Co-Pilot
Balloon Registration Coordinates Position Last Update (UTC) Flown Distance (km) Speed (km/h) Status Track Download
7 Austria AUT Stürzlinger, Gerald
Fürstner, Johann
Nicaero Nautilo D-ORZL N61°24'23"
E029°09'29"
30 km NE of Imatra, Finland 2006-09-13 03:16:40 1905.42 51.62 Landed OziExplorer
Garmin PCX
3 Belgium 1 BEL1 Siméons, Benoît
Berben, Bob
Miche D-OBYN N66°52'41"
E015°52'19"
77 km SE of Bodo, Norway 2006-09-11 17:40:42 1869.70 0.05 Landed OziExplorer
Garmin PCX
14 Belgium 2 BEL2 Van Geyte, Luc
Paenen, Rudy
Gladbeck D-OOWS N54°14'32"
W001°37'42"
45 km N of Leeds, Great Britain 2006-09-10 13:18:52 516.55 7.16 Landed OziExplorer
Garmin PCX
10 Belgium 3 BEL3 De Cock, Philippe
Van Havere, Ronny
Belgica 2 D-OCOX N69°42'17"
E029°09'40"
35 km W of Kirkenes, Norway 2006-09-12 11:55:38 2443.39 52.16 Landed OziExplorer
Garmin PCX
2 Canada CAN Francoeur, Danielle
Burman, Leo
Münsterland D-OWML N62°22'00"
E029°07'16"
44 km SW of Joensu, Finland 2006-09-12 15:54:33 1951.86 0.06 Landed OziExplorer
Garmin PCX
4 France FRA Leÿs, Vincent
Rolland, Sébastien
Golden Eyes F-PPSE N66°42'52"
E016°52'12"
123 km ESE of Bodo, Norway 2006-09-11 17:46:12 1873.76 12.78 Landed OziExplorer
Garmin PCX
1 Great Britain GBR Hempleman-Adams, David
Mason, Jonathan
  D-OWNT N67°25'37"
E027°01'25"
18 km E of Sodankyla, Finland 2006-09-12 09:28:01 2204.43 3.87 Landed OziExplorer
Garmin PCX
5 Germany 1 GER1 Hora, Tomas
Löschhorn, Volker
Deutschland II D-OWBA N63°34'26"
E023°51'46"
47 km SE of Kokkola, Finland 2006-09-12 08:35:22 1808.14 0.00 Landed OziExplorer
Garmin PCX
11 Germany 2 GER2 Brachtendorf, Heinrich
Huthmacher, Karl-Heinz
  D-OBCW N65°03'01"
E012°30'16"
162 km SSW of Mo, Norway 2006-09-11 16:06:12 1622.14 2.15 Landed OziExplorer
Garmin PCX
15 Germany 3 GER3 Eimers, Wilhelm
Seel, Ullrich
Columbus V D-OWBI N68°31'58"
E027°50'18"
16 km SE of Ivalo, Finland 2006-09-12 11:15:02 2314.52 48.76 Landed OziExplorer
Garmin PCX
6 Russia RUS Fuodoroff, Stanislaw
Grishin, Sergey
Dmitrov RA-0454G N61°29'29"
E022°36'27"
45 km E of Pori, Finland 2006-09-12 11:15:52 1612.50 38.96 Landed OziExplorer
Garmin PCX
8 Switzerland 1 SUI1 Stoll, Christian
Mattenberger, Walter
Ajoie HB-QHP N54°27'28"
W000°39'03"
21 km NW of Scarborough, Great Britain 2006-09-10 19:29:12 487.19 12.75 Landed OziExplorer
Garmin PCX
16 Switzerland 2 SUI2 Krebs, Max
Vollenweider, Walter
Kandersteg D-OCFT N62°30'21"
E021°18'16"
70 km SSW of Vaasa, Finland 2006-09-12 04:54:52 1632.87 0.21 Landed OziExplorer
Garmin PCX
12 Switzerland 3 SUI3 Frieden, Kurt
Zeberli, Stefan
Spelterini HB-QHJ N63°59'16"
E028°36'04"
49 km ESE of Kajaani, Finland 2006-09-12 18:18:30 2021.77 27.28 OziExplorer
Garmin PCX
17 United States 1 USA1 Fricke, Barbara
Cuneo, Peter
  D-OPMB N61°34'50"
E028°10'30"
51 km ESE of Mikkeli, Finland 2006-09-12 16:25:35 1867.32 16.17 Landed OziExplorer
Garmin PCX
13 United States 2 USA2 MacNutt, Phillip
Abruzzo, Richard
Doggy N801NM N62°02'01"
E028°50'28"
61 km SE of Varkaus, Finland 2006-09-12 15:04:51 1921.67 5.90 Landed OziExplorer
Garmin PCX
9 United States 3 USA3 Cayton, Andy
Suskin, Dan
Georgia on my mind N69RW N51°07'43"
E004°03'58"
0 km SE of Waasmunster, Belgium 2006-09-09 18:02:12 0.07 0.13 No Start OziExplorer
Garmin PCX

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