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By Barbara Fricke (USA) and Peter Cuneo (USA) - pictured below The America’s Challenge is a distance gas balloon competition held at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (AIBF). It started in 1995, and 2022 will be the 25th event. I know that 1995 plus 25 events does not add up to 2022. But...
27 Jul 2022
Event Organiser: ADPUL Organiser’s representative: Sylvie Berthelot Meet Director: Emmanuel Felix Faure Safety Director: Sylvain Gilson Live Tracking Coordinator: Sylvie Berthelot Scorer: Brian Harris Meteorologist: Jacques Bott FAI Steward: Louise Joselyn FAI Jury President: Stéphane Malbos FAI...
27 Jul 2022
Louise Joselyn reports: On July 27 the first task was set - 136.2 km. Start opened at 12:30. Well, that was fast! The organisers estimated maybe 3 hours for the task, but the first pilot, Manfred Ruhmer (AUT), landed back in goal on his Swift-Light in less than 2 hours. He was swiftly followed by...