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Gordon Bennet 2009
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Vesa Lensu Sep 10.
1st Midnight Balloon Rally. Finland..
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Vesa Lensu Jul 4.
Winter flying, increasing fuel pressure
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My Monkey Brothers and Sisters. It was really a great fun to follow GB 2009 via web. First it look that FIN1 would have won race when they were leading race. Their ended to Algeria, no luck. Then USA was at lead, but the last one FRA made it. In 2...
I spoke too soon. Great Job FRA 1 and all the other pilots for a great race!
France 1 appears to be the winner of this years Gordon Bennett race, With Swiss 1 in Second and USA 2 in Third. No results are final, but it appears that all balloons have landed......... Without incident I hope, Looks as if everyone landed feet d...
FRA 1 win!!!!!!
Bye bucket loads.
Well about 17ks in the end.
Ballsy flight to go all he way from 2800meters to land in a nice paddock to take the win.
Wow!!
Hope sebastian gets the win in FRA1. Pretty amazing flight so far for them all.
Been watching this all day only the have the server crash at the exciting part.
Aaaaaarrrrggggghhhhhhh.
What's happening?
Only 1kilometer in it but the servers still having issues.
Those swiss will kick themselves for landing in the mountains instead of on the coast.
Bastard the server just dropped out with to many people connecting.
Was waiting for an update but seeing as the FRA 1 was still at 2800ft with only 3 ks to go it looks like they'll do it or crash into the ocean trying.
Legends.
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During a recent trip to Finland ,( thanks to aunty monkey ) i met up with Finnish pilot Vesa Lensu and made two flights in the midsummer midnight sun. I have been to Finland before and had been wondering how it would be to fly amongst the forests and lakes, to my suprise i saw a finn… Continue
Posted on August 10, 2008 at 2:21am — 3 Comments
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- At 7:08am on August 22, 2008,
Jenny Jarman said… - Great picture of the map, better than the pilot!!
- At 10:33am on August 14, 2008,
Barb Smith said… - Very pleasant part of the world - hope to come over in October or November for a quick trip to see the folks - can't wait to see the old country again : )
- At 8:48pm on August 13, 2008,
Jenny Jarman said…
- Ok I'll have a look at it, still waiting for the purple passport although I sent off for it straight away...Loved the Solo! You were right about it being an amazing experience..
- At 8:50pm on July 28, 2008,
Jenny Jarman said…
- Thanks Howie! It's always great flying with you, thanks for giving me the confidence I needed.Hopefully the solo will be this evening,so look out for me!
Jen x
- At 9:05pm on June 26, 2008,
Nicola Cronin said… - Awesome, what a crazy guy! Love to see some pics when you get back.
- At 7:23am on June 21, 2008,
Matt Torgerson said… - Hey Howard, It was great meeting you!
- At 2:47am on June 18, 2008,
Jenny Jarman said…
- Glad to see we're friends at last!Hope you have a great time in Finland.
- At 10:13am on June 16, 2008,
Mark Enszer said…
- Hi Howard,
I didn't use the koala coating, but instead replaced the envelope! I sold the original, porous envelope and it has ended up with BJ Sullivan in New York state. He plans on using the coating sometime this year....just click on him from my friends page......
- At 7:20am on March 12, 2008,
Caitlin said… - Howard, thank you so much for the link! I will have to check that out ASAP, thanks for your help :)
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