On Friday 2 September 2022, 19 gas balloons, each with two pilots and supported by a crew on the ground, will rise into the air above the Swiss city of St. Gallen to compete in the FAI World Long Distance Gas Balloon Championship, otherwise known as the Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett.
By Kim Magee (USA)
- 17 March 2019 - While everyone below was celebrating St. Patrick's Day, I was standing in 0.1 square meters of space at 4,700 m. It was a balmy 2 degrees Celsius on the surface, but it was so cold aloft that if I forgot to put my water bottle back into the heated cooler it immediately started forming ice crystals. The perseverance paid off in the end and I landed with three new world distance records from that flight.
By Jonathan Perron-Clow (CAN)
Congratulations to Garry Lockyer (CAN), recipient of the 2022 CIA Montgolfier Diploma for Contribution to the sport of Ballooning
The Balloon Live Team is very excited to announce the release of a major update and new version of the FAI Balloon Live app.
The new version has been completely redesigned and rewritten to offer an even better pilot experience and optimal in-flight features:
