THE NINTH GORDON BENNETT RACE 1920 The first victory of Ernest Demuyter Start: Birmingham/Alabama/USA, October 23rd 1920 From the Book: Die Gordon Bennett Ballon Rennen (The Gordon Bennett Races) by Ulrich Hohmann Sr A break for seven years now came to an end. Four years of World War I had changed...
Start: Paris, Jardin des Tuileries, October 12th, afternoon From the Book: Die Gordon Bennett Ballon Rennen (The Gordon Bennett Races) by Ulrich Hohmann Sr The circle closes, the launch of the Gordon Bennett Race returns to its birthplace from 1906. This had been achieved by Maurice Bienaime and...
Start: Stuttgart, Canstatter Wasen, October 27th 4 p.m. From the Book: Die Gordon Bennett Ballon Rennen (The Gordon Bennett Races) by Ulrich Hohmann Sr The victory of Hans Gericke in 1911 had secured the survival of the Gordon Bennett Race, the cup had not gone to the final possession of an aero...
Start: Kansas-City, October 5th, 5 p.m. From the Book: Die Gordon Bennett Ballon Rennen (The Gordon Bennett Races) by Ulrich Hohmann Sr America had to put something right after the after the organizational hitches the year before and it was for a big goal! America had won the race twice in a...
Start: St.Louis, "Forest Park", October 17th , 4.30 p.m. From the Book: Die Gordon Bennett Ballon Rennen (The Gordon Bennett Races) by Ulrich Hohmann Sr For the second time in America, for the second time at the same place, but what a difference from the race three years before! Dear reader, go...
Start: Schlieren near Zurich, October 3rd, 3 p.m. From the Book: Die Gordon Bennett Ballon Rennen (The Gordon Bennett Races) by Ulrich Hohmann Sr The year before, Berlin had set up high standards concerning the organization, now every aero club hosting the race tried to surpass them. The Swiss aero...