3rd Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race

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Colonel Shaek of Swiss Aero Club won, going 745 miles[1] (or 753 miles)?[2] Shaek set a duration record with his continuous 73-hour flight.[2]

Germany, Spain, England, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, France, and the USA participated.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Chronicle of Aviation, p58.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Free Ballooning, 1919, p. 17.


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