FAI Gordon Bennet Cup 2015 - Pau (FRA) - Highlight
FAI World Long Distance Gas Balloon Championship
Gordon Bennett Cup 2015
27 August - 4 Sepetember 2015 | Pau, France
The Coupe AĆ©ronautique Gordon Bennett is the oldest and most prestigious event in aviation and the ultimate challenge for the pilots and their equipment. The goal is simple: to fly the furthest non-stop distance from the launch site.The international competition was initiated by adventurer and newspaper tycoon James Gordon Bennett Jr. in 1906, when 16 balloons launched from the Tuileries Gardens in Paris, France.