Em 2006 aconteceu em Albuquerque/ Novo México/ EUA, a Fiesta Internacional de Balonismo de Albuquerque. Veja os resultados da competição de Balões de Gas.

2006 America's Challenge Gas Balloon Race

RESULTS

The team of Andy Cayton and Kevin Knapp of the USA are the winners in the eleventh America's Challenge Gas Balloon Race.

The German team of Wilhelm Eimers and Greg Winker finished second, and the American team of Richard Abruzzo and Carol Davis are the third-place winners.



The final results for the America's Challenge are:



2006 ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA

Final Results

2006 America's Challenge



Rank Pilot / CoPilot Country
FlightDist. (KM) Result Dist. ( KM) FlightDuration (HRS)

1 CAYTON, ANDY USA / KNAPP, KEVIN USA
2380.9906 2380.9906 60.45
NearestCity: Citra, FL
Status
Launch: 10/11/2006 247:21 HRS
Land: 10/13/2006 1514:05 HRS


2 EIMERS, WILHELM GERMANY / WINKER, GREG /USA
2358.9309 2358.9309 41.77
NearestCity: Riceboro, GA
Status
Launch: 10/11/2006 010:06 HRS
Land: 10/12/2006 1756:12 HRS


3 ABRUZZO, RICHARD USA / DAVIS, CAROL USA
1913.1038 1913.1038 44.38
NearestCity: Holt, FL
Status
Launch: 10/11/2006 245:10 HRS
Land: 10/12/2006 2307:57 HRS


4 FRICKE, BARBARA USA / CUNEO, PETER USA
1892.8845 1892.8845 41.62
NearestCity: Pensacola, FL
Status
Launch: 10/11/2006 241:04 HRS
Land: 10/12/2006 2018:12 HRS


5 CRITELLI, BRIAN USA / MACNUTT, WILLIAM USA
1698.5866 1698.5866 36.39
NearestCity: Saucier,MS
Status
Launch: 10/11/2006 251:59 HRS
Land: 10/12/2006 1515:30 HRS


6 VITANZA, LOUIS USA / PADELT, BERT USA
1427.5696 1427.5696 33.89
NearestCity: Egan, LA
Status
Launch: 10/11/2006 254:23 HRS
Land: 10/12/2006 1247:39 HRS


7 FOLKES, JANET UK / ARRAS, BILL /USA
1423.5821 1423.5821 30.95
NearestCity: Longview,TX
Status
Launch: 10/11/2006 256:38 HRS
Land: 10/12/2006 953:43 HRS


8 SULLIVAN, MARK USA / WECHTER, FRANK USA
1344.8919 1344.8919 20.50
NearestCity: Cravens Communtity, LA
Status
Launch: 10/11/2006 259:13 HRS
Land: 10/11/2006 2329:07 HRS


9 WALLACE, JOHN USA / BRIELMANN, KEVIN USA
1279.4104 1279.4104 33.98
NearestCity: Coushatta, LA
Status
Launch: 10/11/2006 304:24 HRS
Land: 10/12/2006 1302:59 HRS


10 KUGLER, JOHN USA / BROWN, DENNIS USA
1165.6809 1165.6809 20.75
NearestCity: Henderson, TX
Status
Launch: 10/11/2006 249:49 HRS
Land: 10/11/2006 2334:37 HRS


11 LEVIN, DAVID USA / MARTIN, RONALD USA
1140.3045 1140.3045 28.79
NearestCity: Longview, TX
Status
Launch: 10/11/2006 234:10 HRS
Land: 10/12/2006 721:36 HRS


12 LIND, RUTH USA / DAVIS, JOHN USA
569.5469 569.5469 10.36
NearestCity: Jayton, TX
Status
Launch: 10/11/2006 301:32 HRS
Land: 10/11/2006 1323:03 HRS


13 DONNELLY, TOM UK / BUTTER, COLIN UK
1043.7549 567.5567 20.78
NearestCity: Athens, TX
Status
Launch: 10/11/2006 237:55 HRS
Land: 10/11/2006 2324:50 HRS