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French pair win world’s most prestigious gas-balloon race | |
French balloon pilots Vincent Leys and Christophe Houver won the 61st Gordon Bennett Cup over the weekend of 8-10 September 2017. The Gordon Bennett C.... Read more... |
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'Hackathon' engineers target new e-markers for balloon competitions | |
Hot air balloon competitions look set to be revolutionised if three science teams from the Ukraine get their way. Read more... |
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Russian balloonist Fedor Konyukhov awarded FAI - Breitling Pilot of the Ye.... | |
A Russian priest who circumnavigated the world in a balloon in record time has been presented the inaugural FAI - Breitling Pilot of the Year Award at.... Read more... |
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And the 2016 World Hot Air Balloon Champion is... | |
Rhett Heartsill (USA) is the 2016 World Hot Air Balloon Champion! Read more... |
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Current top 10 at the 22nd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship | |
Ten days, eight flight and 26 tasks ago, 105 of the world’s best competitors from 31 countries began competing in the 22nd FAI World Hot Air Balloon.... Read more... |
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Russian balloonist Fedor Konyukhov awarded FAI - Breitling Pilot of t.... | |
A Russian priest who circumnavigated the world in a balloon in record time has been presented the inaugural FAI - Breitling Pilot of the Year Award at a ceremony in Switzerland yesterday, Thursday 17 .... Read more... |
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Fedor Konyukhov Solo Around-The-World in a Balloon – Official World.... | |
The FAI received the following records claims from the Russian balloonist Fedor Konyukhov, 64, who completed his circumnavigation on Saturday 23 July 2016 by landing near Bonnie Rock (AUS) in a Rozier.... Read more... |
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Fedor Konyukhov completed the solo around the world tour and landed sa.... | |
Russian veteran traveler Fedor Konyukhov, 64, landed safe and sound near the small town of Bonnie Rock on 23 July at 16.15 local time (08.15 UTC) after a 11 day 8 hours and 42 minutes flight in a Rozi.... Read more... |
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Russian Adventurer Fedor Konyukhov launches Solo Around-The-World Bid | |
On Tuesday, 12 July at 07:30 Local Time (00:30 UTC), Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov, 65, took off in a hot-air balloon in Northam, Western Australia, in a bid to beat the record time for a solo fl.... Read more... |
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21 May 2000: The Story of Lindsay Muir's Hot Air Balloon World Record | |
Balloon World Record not broken since We are pleased to continue our series of world record celebrations with an exceptional woman in ballooning sports: British Lindsay Muir. She established a fema.... Read more... |
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Upcoming Events
08 September 2024 | 25th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship - | Szeged (Hungary) |
12 September 2024 | 67th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett - | Münster (Germany) |
18 August 2025 | 23rd FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship - | Wieselburg (Austria) |
Latest FAI World Record Claims
22 November 2022 | Ballooning : Distance : 301,9 km | Alicia Hempleman-Adams (GBR) |
22 November 2022 | Ballooning : Duration : 7 h 39 min 30 sec | Alicia Hempleman-Adams (GBR) |
17 February 2022 | Ballooning : Duration : 34 h 39 min 16 sec | Nairi Barseghyan (ARM) |
07 February 2020 | Ballooning : Altitude : 4 628 m | Alicia Hempleman-Adams (GBR) |
25 January 2020 | Ballooning : Altitude : 272,1 m | Leticia Noemi Marqués (ARG) |
25 January 2020 | Ballooning : Duration : 16 min | Leticia Noemi Marqués (ARG) |
25 January 2020 | Ballooning : Distance : 667,85 m | Leticia Noemi Marqués (ARG) |
25 January 2020 | Ballooning : Altitude : 272,1 m | Leticia Noemi Marqués (ARG) |
25 January 2020 | Ballooning : Duration : 16 min | Leticia Noemi Marqués (ARG) |
25 January 2020 | Ballooning : Distance : 667,85 m | Leticia Noemi Marqués (ARG) |