FAI

CIA Meeting Registration

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Online registration for the FAI Ballooning Commissions Plenary Meeting 2017 is now closed.

If you wish to participate and have not yet registered, please contact the organiser: Mr Andy Chau with copy to FAI Assistant Sports Manager: Annick Hauser

Meeting Location
Hotel sáv Hong Kong
83 Wuhu Street, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
T +852 2275 8888
F +852 2275 8999
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To book your hotel room, download the hotel booking form and send it directly to the Hotel SAV with copy to the organisers

Champions

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Hot Air Balloon (AX) Championships

World Air Games
World
Junior World
European
Women's European
North American
Pacific
South American

Gas Balloon (AA) Championships

Hot Air Airship (BX) Championships

World
European

Rozier Balloon (AM) Championships

World
European

World Air Games

No Traveling Trophy

Num	Year and Location	Champion
1	1997 - Cappadocia, Turkey	Uwe Schneider (Germany)
2	2001 - Seville, Spain (AX)	Masahiko Fujita (Japan)
	2001 - Seville, Spain (AA - Gas)	Klaus Weisgerber & Astrid Gerhardt (Germany)
3	2009 - Mondovi, Italy	Sven Göhler (Germany)

World Hot Air Balloon (AX) Championship

Kinsinger Traveling Trophy

Num	Year and Location	Champion
1	1973 - Albuquerque, USA	Dennis Floden (United States)
2	1975 - Albuquerque, USA	David Schaffer (United States)
3	1977 - York, England	Paul Woessner (United States)
4	1979 - Uppsala, Sweden	Paul Woessner (United States)
5	1981 - Battle Creek, USA	Bruce Comstock (United States)
6	1983 - Nantes, France	Peter Vizzard (Australia)
7	1985 - Battle Creek, USA	David Levin (United States)
8	1987 - Schielleiten, Austria	Albert Nels (United States)
9	1989 - Saga, Japan	Benedikt Haggeney (Germany)
10	1991 - St.Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada	Albert Nels (United States)
11	1993 - La Rochette, Luxembourg	Alan Blount (United States)
12	1995 - Battle Creek, USA	Joe Heartsill (United States)
13	1997 - Saga, Japan	David Bareford (Great Britain)
14	1999 - Bad Waltersdorf, Austria	Bill Arras (United States)
15	2002 - Châtellerault, France	David Bareford (Great Britain)
16	2004 - Mildura, Australia	Markus Pieper (Germany)
17	2006 - Motegi, Japan	John Petrehn (United States)
18	2008 - Hofkirchen, Austria	François Messines (France)
19	2010 - Debrecen, Hungary	John Petrehn (USA)
20	2012 - Battle Creek, USA	Nick Donner (USA)

Junior World Hot Air Balloon (AX) Championship

Num	Year and Location	Champion
1	2012 - Marijampole, Lithuania	Rokas Kostiuskevicius (Lithuania)

Continental Hot Air Balloon Championships

European Hot Air Balloon (AX) Championship

Luxembourg NAC Traveling Trophy

Num

Year and Location

Champion

1976 - Skovde, Sweden

*Winner - Simon Faithful (Netherlands)
*Only 2 task flown - not a Championships

1980 - Arc-et-Senans, France

Joseph Starkbaum (Austria)

1982 - Ettelbruck, Luxembourg

Joseph Starkbaum (Austria)

1984 - York, England

Vic Trimble (Great Britain)

1986 - Stubenberg, Austria

Martin Messner (Switzerland)

1988 - Leszno, Poland

David Bareford (Great Britain)

1990 - Llerida, Spain

Csaba Molnar (Hungary)

1992 - Belfort, France

Uwe Schneider (Germany)

1994 - Murska Subota, Slovenia

Jean-Marie Huttois (France)

1996 - Schielleiten, Austria

Dave Bareford (Great Britain)

1998 - Katerineholm, Sweden

Stéphane Bolze (France)

2000 - Larochette, Luxembourg

Dave Bareford (Great Britain)

2003 - Vilnius, Lithuania

Uwe Schneider (Germany)

2005 - Debrecen, Hungary

Uwe Schneider (Germany)

2007 - Magdeburg, Germany

Francois, Messines (France)

2009 - Brissac-Quincé, Anjou, France

Stefan Zeberli (Switzerland)

2011 - Lleida, Spain

Stefan Zeberli (Switzerland)

Women's European Hot Air Balloon (AX) Championship

Num	Year and Location	Champion
1	2010 - Alytus, Lithuania	Gabriela Slavec (Slovenia)
2	2012 - Frankenthal, Germany	Lindsay Muir (Great Britain)

North American Hot Air Balloon (AX) Championship

Canadian Balloon Association Traveling Trophy

Num	Year and Location	Champion
1	1982 - Battle Creek, Michigan, USA	Owen Keown (United States)
2	1984 - Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada	Owen Keown (United States)
3	1986 - Barrie, Ontario, Canada	Richard Rudlaff (United States)
4	1988 - St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada	Chuck Bump (Canada)
5	1990 - San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bill Cunningham (United States)
6	1992 - Baton Rouge, Louisana, USA	Mark Sullivan (United States)
7	1994 - Brockville, Ontario, Canada	Bill Cunningham (United States)

Pacific Hot Air Balloon (AX) Championship

No Traveling Trophy

Num	Year and Location	Champion
1	1990 - Saga, Japan	Owen Keown (United States)
2	1992 - Grand Prairie, Canada	David Gleed (Canada)
3	1994 - Mildura, Australia	Edwin Mitchell (Australia)
4	1996 - Saga, Japan	Yasuhiko Asaoka, (Japan)

South American Hot Air Balloon (AX) Championship

No Traveling Trophy

Num	Year and Location	Champion
1	2006 - Rio Claro, Brazil	Sacha Haim (Brazil)

World Hot Air Airship (BX) Championship

Luxembourg NAC Traveling Trophy

Num	Year and Location	Champion
1	1988 - Luxembourg	Oscar Lindstroem (Sweden)
2	1990 - Clumber Park, UK	Vincent Dupis (France)
3	1992 - Besancon, France	Guy Moyano (Luxembourg)
4	1994 - Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland	Vincent Dupis (France)
5	1996 - Aosta, Italy	Jens Petersen (Germany)
6	1998 - Gatineau, Canada	Jacques Besnard (Switzerland)
7	2000 - Schielleiten, Austria	Jacques Besnard (Switzerland)
8	2008 - Tsarkoye Selo, St Petersbourg, Russia	Jacques Antoine Besnard (Switzerland)
9	2010 - Dole, France	Jacques Antoine Besnard (Switzerland)

European Hot Air Airship (BX) Championship

No Traveling Trophy

Num	Year and Location	Champion
1	1989 - Besancon, France	Mats Backlin (Great Britain)
2	1991 - Mondorf, Luxembourg	Guy Moyano (Luxembourg)

World Gas (AA) Championship

BFA/Levin Traveling Trophy

Num	Year and Location	Champion
1	1976 - Augsburg, Germany	Peter Peterka & Jean-Paul Kuenzi (Switzerland)
2	1980 - Brussels/St. Niklaas, Belgium	Brachtendorf & Karnstadt (Germany)
3	1982 - Berne, Switzerland	Peter Peterka & Jean-Paul Kuenzi (Switzerland)
4	1986 - Glendale, AZ, USA	Peter Peterka & Jean-Paul Kuenzi (Switzerland)
5	1988 - Augsburg, Germany	Josef Starkbaum & Gert Scholz(Austria)
6	1990 - Tyndall, SD, USA	Josef Starkbaum & Gert Scholz (Austria)
7	1992 - Obertraun, Austria	David Levin & Jim Schiller (United States)
8	1994 - Albuquerque, NM, USA	Thomas Fink & Rainer Hassold (Germany)
9	1996 - Bitterfeld, Germany	Thomas Fink & Rainer Hassold (Germany)
10	2004 - Bitterfeld, Germany	Peter Krafczyk/Uwe Schneider (Germany)

World Rozier (AM) Championship

No Traveling Trophy

Num	Year and Location	Champion
1	1990 - Tyndall, SD, USA	Nick Saum (United States)

European Rozier (AM) Championship

Num	Year and Location	Champion
3	1994 - Preddvor, Slovenia

Coupe Gordon Bennett - Stories and Articles

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GORDON BENNETT AND HIS RACES From the Book: Die Gordon Bennett Ballon Rennen (The Gordon Bennett Races)
by Ulrich Hohmann Sr along with articles by others.

Many of his contemporaries have considered Mister James Gordon Bennett to be a spleeny American. He was born in New York, May 10th 1841 and died 4 days after his 77th Birthday in Beaulieu near Nizza/France. From his father, a Scottish journalist, he inherited the publishing house of the "New York Herald". Being a publisher makes somebody, even today, independent from money, but also requests a permanent struggle for increasing circulation.

Already in 1871, Gordon-Bennett proved his ability for "public relations", by sponsoring the expedition of Stanley, searching (and finding!) Livingstone, who was missing on his search for the source of the Nile. The later sponsorships of Gordon-Bennett therefore rooted more in his interest for business than in his interest for sports. The winners of ”his” competitions had to tell their adventures only to the reporters of the "New York Herald" as an exclusive story.

Today, we connect his name with the gas-ballooning. We don’t know, if he ever flew in a balloon. Already before 1900, he had donated 10.000 Francs to the Automobile Club de France as price-money for a motor car race, and he developed the rules himself. This first race then took place on June 14th 1900 from Paris to Lyon. In 1905 he offered to the still young Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) the rules, a one time 25.000 Franc donation and 12.500 Francs for each of the following two years "for the most courageous and experienced pilots of the world struggling for the Grand Prix of the Air".

The competition rules were (and are still today) quite simple: Winner is the nation of the team that covers the maximum distance. Every nation may enter three balloon as maximum and is obliged to host the race in the following year, if they win. If one nation wins this challenge-cup in three following years, the cup finally comes to its possession and this nation has to sponsor a new cup, if the race should continue. This was all laid down in the 23 chapters of the rules, so the COUPE AERONAUTIQUE "Gordon Bennett" was on its way and the spark was ignited for the most fascinating and adventurous competition in ballooning.

The following are stories from each year:

Race #	Year	Launch Location
		Beginning of the Gordon Bennett Tradition
1	1906	Paris, France
2	1907	St. Louis, USA
3	1908	Berlin, Germany
4	1909	Zurich, Switzerland
5	1910	St. Louis, Mo, USA
6	1911	Kansas City, USA
7	1912	Stuttgart, Germany
8	1913	Paris, France
	1914 - 1919	no events during World War I
		Interrupted by War the Race Flourishes
9	1920	Birmingham, USA
10	1921	Brussels, Belgium
11	1922	Geneva, Switzerland
12	1923	Brussels, Belgium
13	1924	Brussels, Belgium
14	1925	Brussels, Belgium
15	1926	Antwerp, Belgium
16	1927	Detroit, USA
17	1928	Detroit, USA
18	1929	St. Louis, USA
		Difficult Decade But They Keep Flying
19	1930	Cleveland, USA
	1931	no event held
20	1932	Beale, Switzerland
21	1933	Chicago, USA
22	1934	Warsaw, Poland
23	1935	Warsaw, Poland
24	1936	Warsaw, Poland
25	1937	Brussels, Belgium
26	1938	Liege, Belgium
	1939 - 1982	no events held
		War But the Race Resumes After Many Years
27	1983	Paris, France
28	1984	Zurich, Switzerland
29	1985	Geneva, Switzerland
30	1986	Salzburg, Austria
31	1987	Seefeld, Austria
32	1988	Bregenz, Austria
33	1989	Bregenz, Austria
		Flying Longer Distances
34	1990	Lech, Austria
35	1991	Lech, Austria
36	1992	Stuttgart, Germany
		- 1992 Article by David Levin
37	1993	Albuquerque, USA
38	1994	Lech, Austria
39	1995	Wil, Switzerland
40	1996	Warstein, Germany
41	1997	Warstein, Germany
42	1998	Paris, France - Cancelled due to weather
43	1999	Albuquerque, USA
		GPS and Internet Tracking For All to See
44	2000	St. Hubert, Belgium
45	2001	Warstein, Germany
46	2002	Chatelerault, France
47	2003	Arc-et-Senans, France
48	2004	Thionville, France
49	2005	Albuquerque, USA
50	2006	Wassmunster, Belgium
51	2007	Brussels, Belgium - Cancelled due to weather
52	2008	Albuquerque, USA
53	2009	Geneva, Switzerland
		- Headquarters Operations Log
		- Balloon Federation of America Gas Division Newsletter
54	2010	Bristol, United Kingdom
55	2011	Gap-Tallard, France
56	2012	Ebnat-Kappel, Switzerland
57	2013	Nancy, France
58	2014	Vichy, France

Coupe Gordon Bennett - Results

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The results link for each race will list the participants and their results.

Num	Year	Starting Point	Winner	Ctry	Distance (km)	More details
1	1906	Paris, France	Frank Lahm Henry Hersey	USA	641.1	Results
2	1907	St. Louis, USA	Oscar Erbsloh Henry Clayton	GER	1403.55	Results
3	1908	Berlin, Germany	Theodor Schaeck Emil Messner	SUI	1190	Results
4	1909	Zurich, Switzerland	Edgar W. Mix Andre Roussel	USA	1121.11	Results
5	1910	St. Louis, USA	Alan R. Hawley Augustus Post	USA	1887.6	Results
6	1911	Kansas City, USA	Hans Gericke Otto Duncker	GER	757.84	Results
7	1912	Stuttgart, Germany	Maurice Bienaime R. Rumpelmayer	FRA	2191	Results
8	1913	Paris, France	Ralph M Upson R.A.I. Preston	USA	618	Results
1914 - 1919		No events held during World War I
9	1920	Birmingham, USA	Ernst Demuyter M. Labrousse	BEL	1769	Results
10	1921	Brussels, Belgium	Paul Armbruster L.Anserruler	BEL	766	Results
11	1922	Geneva, Switzerland	Ernest Demuyter Alexander Veenstra	BEL	1372.1	Results
12	1923	Brussels, Belgium	Ernest Demuyter L.Coeckelbergh	BEL	1155	Results
13	1924	Brussels, Belgium	Ernest Demuyter L.Coeckelbergh	BEL	714	Results
14	1925	Brussels, Belgium	A. Veenstra P.Quersin	BEL	1345	Results
15	1926	Antwerp, Belgium	Ward T. van Orman Walter W. Morton	USA	864	Results
16	1927	Detroit, USA	Edward J. Hill A.G. Schlosser	USA	1198	Results
17	1928	Detroit, USA	William E. Kepner WO. Eareckson	USA	740.8	Results
18	1929	St. Louis, USA	Ward T. van Orman A.L. McCracken	USA	548.94	Results
19	1930	Cleveland, USA	Ward T. van Orman A.L. McCracken	USA	872	Results
1931		No event held
20	1932	Basle, Switzerland	T.G.W. Settle W.Bushnell	USA	1550	Results
21	1933	Chicago, USA	Francyzek Hynek Zbigniew Burzynski	POL	1361	Results
22	1934	Warsaw, Poland	Francyzek Hynek W. Pomaski	POL	1333	Results
23	1935	Warsaw, Poland	Zbigniew Burzynski W. Wysocki	POL	1650.47	Results
24	1936	Warsaw, Poland	Ernest Demuyter Pierre Hoffmans	BEL	1715.8	Results
25	1937	Brussels, Belgium	Ernest Demuyter Pierre Hoffmans	BEL	1396	Results
26	1938	Liege, Belgium	Antoni Janusz Franz Janick	POL	1692	Results
1939 -1982		No events held
27	1983	Paris, France	Stefan Makne Ireneuz Cieslak	POL	690	Results
28	1984	Zurich, Switzerland	Karl Spenger Martin Messner	SUI	793	Results
29	1985	Geneva, Switzerland	Josef Starkbaum Gert Scholz	AUT	342	Results
30	1986	Salzburg, Austria	Josef Starkbaum Gert Scholz	AUT	272.43	Results
31	1987	Seefeld, Austria	Josef Starkbaum Gert Scholz	AUT	852	Results
32	1988	Bregenz, Austria	Josef Starkbaum Gert Scholz	AUT	1110.9	Results
33	1989	Bregenz, Austria	Josef Starkbaum Gert Scholz	AUT	911.2	Results
34	1990	Lech, Austria	Josef Starkbaum Gert Scholz	AUT	692.5	Results
35	1991	Lech, Austria	Volker Kuinke Jurgen Schubert	GER	1024.9	Results
36	1992	Stuttgart, Germany	David Levin James Herschend	USA	964.2	Results
37	1993	Albuquerque, USA	Josef Starkbaum Rainer Rohsler	AUT	1832	Results
38	1994	Lech, Austria	Karl Spenger Christian Stoll	SUI	825.1	Results
39	1995	Wil, Switzerland	William Eimers Bernd Landsmann	GER	1628.1	Results
40	1996	Warstein, Germany	William Eimers Bernd Landsmann	GER	1286.9	Results
41	1997	Warstein, Germany	Vincent Leys Jean-Francois Leys	FRA	1732.5	Results
42	1998	Paris, France	Cancelled due to weather			Pilots
43	1999	Albuquerque, USA	Phillipe de Cock Ronny Van Havere	BEL	1666.54	Results
44	2000	St. Hubert, Belgium	William Eimers Bernd Landsmann	GER	795.7	Results
45	2001	Warstein, Germany	Vincent Leys Jean-Francois Leys	FRA	1616.6	Results
46	2002	Chatelerault, France	Vincent Leys Jean-Francois Leys	FRA	1282.3	Results
47	2003	Arc-et-Senans, France	Vincent Leys Jean-Francois Leys	FRA	1596.5	Results
48	2004	Thionville, France	Richard Abruzzo Carol Rymer Davis	USA	1803.36	Results
49	2005	Albuquerque, USA	Bob Berben Siméons Benoît	BEL	3400.39	Results
50	2006	Wassmunster, Belgium	Phillipe de Cock Ronny Van Havere	BEL	2449.6	Results
51	2007	Brussels, Belgium	Cancelled due to weather			Pilots
52	2008	Albuquerque, USA	David Hempleman-Adams Jonathan, Mason	GBR	1768.67	Results
53	2009	Geneva, Switzerland	Sebastien Rolland Vincent Leys	FRA	1588.294	Results
54	2010	Bristol, United Kingdom	Kurt Frieden Pascal Witpraechtiger	SUI	2424.31	Results
55	2011	Gap-Tallard, France	Sebastien Rolland Vincent Leys	FRA	780.660	Results
56	2012	Ebnat-Kappel, Switzerland	Sébastien Rolland / Vincent Leys	FRA	1620.06	Results
57	2013	Nancy, France	Vincent Leys / Christoph Houver	FRA	1402.43	Results
58	2014	Vichy, France	Wilhelm Eimers / Matthias Zenge	GER	1410.64	Results
59	2015	Pau, France	Kurt Frieden / Pascal Witprächtiger	SUI	2080.80	Results
60	2016	Gladbeck, Germany	Kurt Frieden / Pascal Witprächtiger	SUI	1803.40	Results

Gallery

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CIA Representatives

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Balloon Competition Loggers

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Since 2007 the CIA New Technology Subcommittee was supporting the development of specific balloon competition loggers. The goal was to get devices that full fill the requirements for nowadays balloon competition both in precision and functionality. The development was mainly done by Lukas and Marc André and supported by Claude Weber.

A collaboration with Flytec was chosen that allowed the usage of their existing hardware 6020 (flight instrument for hang gliders). The final product is a modified 6020 device with a custom self-written firmware.
The new balloon competition loggers heavily improve balloon competitions:

Virtual marker drops give the decision of marks back to the pilot
Goal declarations allow the re-introduction of Fly-On and Pilot Declared Goal tasks
The pilot can see the logged altitude
No more waste, the loggers work with rechargeable batteries
Fraud protection
Easy logger management for officials

More info at www.balloonloggers.org

Athletes

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The search function below allows you to find athletes who have competed at FAI events (World and Continental Championships, World Air Games) and all the information related to them such as results, awards, records, badges and other achievements.

Enter the name of the athlete you wish to find. You may enter as many letters of the name as you wish, however you must enter at least 3 letters.
Click the Search button.
Click on the "+" sign

If your search shows no results, check the spelling of the name entered in the search field.

Rankings

2011-09-15T14:05:21+00:00

CIA World Hot Air Balloon Ranking List

The purpose of the CIA World Ranking List is to show a ranking of the top hot air balloon pilots of the world and provide a performance comparison among them. The list is established by a calculation formula that includes the results of the last five World Championships resp. World Air Games and to a lesser degree the competitor's national ranking position.

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CIA World Airship Ranking List

The CIA World Airship Ranking List will soon be published here.

Gas Balloons

2011-09-15T14:00:41+00:00

Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett