Who's Who of Ballooning


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MODERN Gordon Bennett
Balloon Race PILOT STANDING

1979
W ABRUZZO, Ben/Anderson, M. USA 10 STARKBAUM, Josef/Sholz USA
2 REINHARD, D./Kittinger,J. USA 11 MAREUIL, G.de /Rignet, FRA
3 YOST, Edward/Snow, Bob USA 12 MAES, JoJo/Akerstedt, H. GER
4 ISELIN, Ernst/Pfenninger, SWI 13 BRAUN, F/Blenk/Cedergreen GER
5 KRAUER, Ernst & Margrat SWI 14 PETERKA, John/Wolf,Konrad SWI
6 vandenBEMDEN,Al./Schaut, BEL 15 ICHYOSHI, Saburo/Takamoto JAP
7 DUNN, Chauncy/Tepper, J. USA 16 MAKNE, Stefan/Czeminski POL
8 TURNBULL, Gerry/Cooper,R. ENG    
9 SAUTTER, Erwin/Neushul, SWI (N)PICCARD, Don/Blumenthal,T. ITA
1980
1 TEPPER, Jerry/Myers,Corky USA 8 REPAK/Stellas/Rice YUG
2 REINHARD, Dewey/Woolley,D. USA 9 BLENK/Reisch/Worner GER
3 KITTINGER, Joe/Snow, Bob USA 10 SMITH, Anthony/Cooper,R. ENG
4 CAPLIN, Nikki/Kelly, Ken USA 11 MESSNER, R.H./Haab, Otto SWI
5 WILLIS/Villey/Rodriguez FRA 12 ABRUZZO, Ben/Newman, L. USA
6 SPENGER/Nater/Stutz SWI    
7 KRIEG, Fred/Sutherland, J. USA (N)ANDERSON, Maxie & Kris USA
1981
1 AOKI, Rocky/Abruzzo, B. JAP 7 TEPPER, Jerry/Myers, C. USA
2 SNOW, Bob/Kittinger, J. USA 8 SPENGER/Nater/Stutz SWI
3 WOESSNER, Paul/Penny,B. USA 9 STELLAS, Dean/Repak, H. USA
4 KRIEG, Fred/Sutherland,J. USA 10REINHARD, D./Davis, J. USA
5 HUG-MESSNER,R/Higby, Dick SWI 11MAES, JoJo/Ajerstadt, H. GER
6 WILLIS/Mareuil/Villey FRA    
1982
1 KITTINGER, J./Knapp. C. USA 6 KRIEG, Fred/Grove, Ron USA
2 ANDERSON, Maxi & Kris USA 7 MAES, JoJo/Ajerstedt, H. GER
3 AOKI, Rocky/Abruzzo, Ben JAP 8 VILLEY/Mareuil/Conrad FRA
4 SHOECRAFT, John & Mari USA    
5 STOCKWELL, Brent/Frank,K. USA (N) POWERS, Duane/Caves, Milt USA
1983
Deferred to French anniversary celebration festivities.
1984
1 KITTINGER, Joe/ USA 6 STELLAS, Dean/Frank, USA
2 SHOECRAFT, John & Mari USA 7 ABRUZZO, Ben /Clark, Ron USA
3 STARKBAUM, Josef/Sholz, OUS 8 VILLEY, Thierry/Bowman, FRA
4 SCHILLER/Otterley USA 9 JURG, /Vandelmeer SWI
5 HUG-MESSNER/Blenk, Gotl. SWI    
1985
1 KITTINGER,Joe/Reed,Sherry USA 6 KRIEG,Fred/Martin/Conrad USA
2 STARKBAUM,J./Kocar,Helmut OUS 7 STOCKWELL/Newby/King USA
3 SPENGER,Karl/Signor,Gerol. SWI 8 YOST, E. /Spears, USA
4 BLENK, Gottleib/Kelley,D. GER (D)CLARK, Ron/Hahn, George JAP
5 BARKER, Roger/solo USA (D)VILLEY, Thierry/ FRA
1986
1 HUG-MESSNER,R./Conrad,P. SWI 4 KRIEG, Fred/Martin, Ron USA
2 CLARK, Ron/Eld,Jonathon USA 5 BLENK, G./Cannon/Kelley,D. USA
3 LEVIN, David/Davis, Don USA 6 JONES, Jim/Barker, Roger USA
1987
1 JONES, Jim /Yost, Dale USA 4 KRIEG, Fred/Martin, Ron USA
2 BORING, Gordon/Davis, Don USA 5 CLARK, Ron/ Eld, Jonathan JAP
3 SIGNER, Gerold/Pfenninger SWI 6 POWERS,Duane/Caves/Hickle USA
1988
1 KITTINGER, Joe/Reed,Sheri USA 4 BORING, Gordon/Davis, Don USA
2 HYDE, Fred/Neal, Sanford USA 5 CLARK, Ron/Aoki, Rocky JAP
3 WOODS, Randy/Gorrell,Fred USA 6 JONES, Jim/Yost, Dale USA
1989
1 SPENGER, Karl/Schuler,R. SWI 3 AOKI, Rocky/Hahn, George JAP
2 KITTINGER, Joe/Reed,Sheri USA 4 MARTIN, Ron/don/Davis,Don USA
1990
Event deferred to FAI-CIA rules/standards.


NOTE: Those names in all-capital letters are to be assumed the Pilot-in-Command; (N)=Non-Competitor; (F)=Female; (D)=Disqualified.

MODERN Gordon Bennett Balloon Race LOCATIONS
1979 (28 May) Queen Mary park, Long Beach, California;
1980 ( ) Mile Square Park, Fountain Valley, CA;
1981 ( ) Mile Square Park, Fountain Valley, CA;
1982 (8 May) Ray Hardy Park, Palm Springs, CA;
1983 (not held)
1984 (7 May) Ray Hardy Park, Palm Springs, CA;
1985 ( ) Ray Hardy Park, Palm Springs, CA;
1986 ( ) Ray Hardy Park, Palm Springs, CA;
1987 ( ) Ray Hardy Park, Palm Springs, CA;
1988 ( ) Ray Hardy Park, Palm Springs, CA;
1989 ( ) Ray Hardy Park, Palm Springs, CA;

End of MODERN Gordon Bennett Balloon Races; The event was financed and directed by Tom Heinshiemer, who got little credit for the post-war era revival of Gas Ballooning in the United States.


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