September 27, 2018
Team Australia has come together in Bern – We had our first team briefing in my hotel room last night supported by a few celebratory drinks […]
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September 25, 2018
At the heart of a Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Team is their meteorologist. He/she will be immersed in weather patterns long before the official launch occurs. […]
September 21, 2018
During our first nine days in Germany we have been involved with four gas balloon flights – either with assisting with inflation and launch or flying […]
September 19, 2018
2am 16 September: Team AUS 1 along with Wilhelm Eimers lifted off from the Gladbeck Gas Balloon Launch Site with the Russian Gordon Bennett team of […]
September 12, 2018
After a demanding 40 hours of travel from Australia – delayed flights, missed flights we finally reached Bottrop close to Dusseldorf in Germany and where our […]
September 8, 2018
“You’ve got this gas balloon caper in the bag Ma”. So said my younger son Grant. “You are a glutton for punishment”. So said one of […]
September 7, 2018
I first met Shawn Mackinga an American balloon pilot in Australia in 1989. One month later we were on a marlin fishing boat that was wrecked […]
August 27, 2018
I took these photos at the Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race launch from Nancy France in 2013. French pilots Vincent Leys and Christophe Houver won that […]
May 4, 2018