All Launches – 69th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett | Gladbeck, Germany

The launch sequence of the 69th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett, the world’s oldest and most prestigious gas balloon race, from Gladbeck, Germany. Gas balloon pilots from 21 nations are competing in this year’s edition, launching one by one from Ballonstartplatz Gladbeck. The goal: fly the greatest distance from the launch site without stopping. Launch took place at 01:30 on 29 August 2026. 📍 Location: Ballonstartplatz Gladbeck, Germany 📅 Date/time: 29 August 2026, 01:30 🎈 Event: 69th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 🌍 Participants: Gas balloon pilots from 21 nations Teams: Austria AUT-1 — Gerald Stürzlinger / Helmut Pöttler — D-ORZL Austria AUT-2 — Christian Wagner / Stefanie Liller — OE-ZZM Belgium BEL-1 — Geert Peirsmann / Kris Houtmeyers — D-ORON Belgium BEL-2 — Stefan Ryckaert / Gauthier Hayt — D-OCKM Belgium BEL-3 — Anja Götte / Victoria Lebrun — D-OLVE Spain ESP-1 — Angel Aguirre / Anulfo González — EC-MAK France FRA-1 — Christophe Houver / Guillaume Jouaville — F-PPGB France FRA-2 — Benoit Havret / Etienne Mercier — F-PPSE France FRA-3 — Hervé Moine / Justine Legigan — F-HMDF Great Britain GBR-1 — Deborah Scholes / Thomas Hilditch — G-GASI Great Britain GBR-2 — Colin Butter / Ann Rich — D-OCOX Germany GER-1 — Benjamin Eimers / Nicholas Seyfert-Joiner — D-OOGB Germany GER-2 — Benedict Munz / Matthias Schlegel — D-OSTL Germany GER-3 — Andreas Zumrode / Axel Hunnekuhl — D-OMFE Italy ITA-1 — Leonid Tiukhtiaev / Paolo Arizzi — D-OTLI Latvia LAT-1 — Inga Van Haver / Jason Fischer — (no registration listed) Lithuania LTU-1 — Robertas Komza / Romanas Mikelevicius — LY-OJU Poland POL-1 — Przemysław Mościcki / Bazyli Dawidziuk — SP-BGB Poland POL-2 — Mateusz Rękas / Paweł Soból — D-OABD Poland POL-3 — Vincent Lamort de Gail / Mikołaj Gomółka — D-OWML Switzerland SUI-1 — Kurt Frieden / Pascal Witprächtiger — HB-BLA Switzerland SUI-2 — Balthasar Wicki / René Erni — HB-QWV Switzerland SUI-3 — Nicolas Tièche / Laurent Sciboz — HB-QRV United States USA-1 — John Petrehn / Sam Parks — (no registration listed) United States USA-2 — Noah Forden / Brenda Cowlishaw — N526UP United States USA-3 — Cheri White / Mark Sullivan — N369WB — Filmed by DutchRadar 🔗 https://dutchradar.nl #GordonBennett #GordonBennettCup #Gladbeck #gasballoon #ballooning #CoupeAeronautiqueGordonBennett #Germany #ballonvaart #aviation #nightlaunch