APPENDIX3-BQ
Summary of MODERN BALLOON RACE Trophy winners
1979-1987
GORDON BENNETT
A perpetual trophy awarded annually to the balloon team
that flies the greatest point-to-point distance.
| 1979 | ANDERSON, Maxie/ABRUZZO, Ben | 932.8 | USA |
| 1980 | TEPPER, Jerry /MYERS, Corky | 528.5 | USA |
| 1981 | ABRUZZO, Ben /AOKI, Rocky | 1346.7 | JAP |
| 1982 | KITTINGER, Joe/KNAPP, Charles | 894.0 | USA |
| 1983 | prize not awarded | ? | POL |
| 1984 | KITTINGER, Joe/SNOW, Bob | 1001.0 | USA |
| 1985 | KITTINGER, Joe/REED, Sherry | 279.0 | USA |
| 1986 | HUG-MESSNER,R. /CONRAD, Paul | 526.0 | SWI |
| 1987 | ? | .0 | USA |
CLASSIC BALLOON TROPHY
A perpetual trophy awarded anually to the pilot of the
"Classic type balloon" that flies the greatest distance
| 1979 | ISELIN, Ernest | 147.2 | SWI |
| 1980 | WILLIS, John (Megeve) | 252.0 | FRA |
| 1981 | WILLIS, John (Megeve) | 310.0 | FRA |
| 1982 | MAES, JoJo (Deutschland) | 48.0 | GER |
| 1983 | prize discontinued |
ABRUZZO BALLOON TROPHY
A perpetual trophy awarded annually to the pilot of the balloon
| 1985 | STARKBAUM, Josef /KOCAR, | GER |
| 1986 | CLARK, Ron /ELD, | USA |
| 1987 | AOKI, Rocky | USA |
JAN BOESMAN TROPHY
A perpetual trophy awarded annually to a balloonist who
has made an outstanding contribution to gas ballooning.
Presented by Nini Boesman in memory of her late husband, Jan.
| 1979 | vandenBEMDEN, Albert/Schrat,F. | BELGIUM |
| 1980 | YOST, Edward Paul | UNITED STATES |
| 1981 | LAWLER, Brian | UNITED STATES |
| 1982 | HEINSHIMER, Julie | UNITED STATES |
| 1983 | not awarded | |
| 1984 | VILLEY, Thierry | FRANCE |
| 1985 | trophy not awarded thereafter |
QUEEN MARY TROPHY
A perpetual trophy awarded annually to the balloon team
that flies the greatest duration in a "classic type balloon"
| 1979 | KRAUER, Ernst/KRAUER, Margrat | 16:30 | SWI |
| 1980 | WILLIS, John/VILLEY, John/RODRIGUEZ, | 24:31 | FRA |
| 1981 | SPINGER, /Nater/Stuts, | ? | FRA |
| 1982 | trophy withdrawn |