CIA NOTABLE FLIGHTS Part G. Gordon Bennett Flights Page 1 of 13 1906-10-01 1st Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett, 1st place 647,10 km United States Frank P. Lahm Henry B. Hersey 402 Miles Paris (Jardin des Tuileries), France, to Fylingdales, Yorkshire, UK 22 h 15 min Long distance race, the oldest aviation race still flown. 15 balloons, 1 airship 1907-10-23 2nd Gordon Bennett race 1907. 1st place 1 403,55 km Germany Oscar Erbslöh Henry Helm Clayton (USA) 872 Miles St. Louis (Forest Park), Missuori, to Bradley Beach, New Jersey, USA 40 h 0 min 1908-10-14 3rd Gordon Bennett race 1908. 1st place. North Sea crossing 1 190,00 km Switzerland Theodor Schaeck Emil Messner 739 Miles Berlin (Schmargendorf), Germany to S/S CIMRA, 12 km west Bergset, Norway 73 h 1 min Longer distances and durations quoted sometimes. Landing was disputed 1909-10-05 4th Gordon Bennett race 1909. 1st place 1 121,11 km United States Edgar W. Mix Andre Roussel 697 Miles Zurich (Schlieren), Switzerland to Ostroleka (NO Warszawa) Poland 35 h 7 min 1910-10-19 5th Gordon Bennett race 1910. 1st place 1 887,60 km United States Alan R. Hawley Augustus Post 1 173 Miles St. Louis (Forest Park), Missuori to Peribonca, Tschotogama Lake, Quebec, Canada 44 h 25 min Spent 4 days on foot to reach a canadian timberman 1910-10-19 5th Gordon Bennett race 1910. 2nd place 1 814,50 km Germany Hans Gericke Sanil F. Perkins (USA) 1 127 Miles St. Louis (Forest Park), Missuori to Kiskisink, Quebec, Canada 42 h 30 min 1910-10-19 5th Gordon Bennett race 1910. 3rd place 1 720,00 km Germany Hugo von Abercron August Blanckertz 1 069 Miles St. Louis (Forest Park), USA to Coocoocahe, Quebec, Canada 39 h 7 min Spent 10 days on foot to reach civilization 1911-10-06 6th Gordon Bennett race 1911. 1st place 757,84 km Germany Hans Gericke Otto Duncker 471 Miles Kansas City (Gasworks), USA to Holcombe, Wisconsin 12 h 28 min 1912-10-29 7th Gordon Bennett race, 1st place. First over 2000 km. World record, (AA 7) 2 191,00 km France Maurice Bienaimé René Rumpelmayer 1 361 Miles Stuttgart (Cannstatter Wasen), Germany to Rybnoje, Ryazan, 150km SE Moscow, Russia 45 h 42 min 1912-10-29 7th Gordon Bennett, 2nd place. First over 2000 km. (AA 7) 2 001,00 km France Alfred Leblanc 1 243 Miles Stuttgart (Cannstatter Wasen), Germany to Kaluga 150km S Moscow, Russia 44 h 48 min Same day as Bienaimé flew slightly longer. Therefore no record 1912-10-29 7th Gordon Bennett race 1912, 3rd place 1 751,00 km United States Harry E. Honeywell 1 088 Miles Stuttgart (Cannstatter Wasen), Germany to Disna Sapadnaja, Russia 37 h 6 min Spent a few days in Russian jail © CIA, Hans Åkerstedt CIA NOTABLE FLIGHTS Part G. Gordon Bennett Flights Page 2 of 13 1912-10-29 7th Gordon Bennett race 1912, 4th place 1 523,00 km Brazil Victor de Beauclair Walo Gerber 946 Miles Stuttgart (Cannstatter Wasen), Germany to Sapronzipi, Russia 35 h 42 min 1912-10-29 7th Gordon Bennett race 1912, 5th place 1 509,00 km Austria F. W. Lehnert 938 Miles Stuttgart (Cannstatter Wasen), Germany to Rosenowskye, Russia 35 h 30 min 1913-10-12 First woman in Gordon Bennett 437,00 km France René Rumpelmayer Mme (Gustave) Goldschmidt 272 Miles 8th Gordon Bennett race 1913. 6th place h min Paris (Jardin des Tuileries), France to 1913-10-14 8th Gordon Bennett race 1913. 1st place 618,00 km United States Ralph M. Upson R.A.I. Preston 384 Miles Paris (Jardin des Tuileries), France to Bridlington, Yorkshire, UK 43 h 30 min 1920-10-25 9th Gordon Bennett race 1920. 1st place 1 769,00 km Belgium Ernest Demuyter M. Labrousse 1 099 Miles Birmingham, Alabama, USA to North Hero Island, Lake Champlain, Vermont, USA 40 h 15 min 1920-10-25 9th Gordon Bennett race 1920. 2nd place 1 600,00 km United States Harry E. Honeywell 994 Miles Birmingham, Alabama, USA to Rutland, Vermont, USA 48 h 26 min US duration record 1921-09-19 10th Gordon Bennett race 1921. 1st place 766,00 km Switzerland Paul Armbruster Louis Ansermier 476 Miles Brussels (Solbosch), Belgium to Lambay Island outside Dublin, Ireland 27 h 24 min 1922-08-07 11th Gordon Bennett race 1922. 1st place 1 372,10 km Belgium Ernest Demuyter Alexander Veenstra 853 Miles Geneva (Gasworks), Switzerland to Osnitca, Romania 25 h 49 min 1923-09-24 12th Gordon Bennett race 1923. 1st place 1 155,00 km Belgium Ernest Demuyter Leon Coeckelbergh 718 Miles Brussels (Solbosch), Belgium to Sköllersta, Sweden 21 h 0 min 3 balloons hit by lightning. Olmstead/Choptaw, USA, v Grüningen/Wehren, CH and Penerand, 1924-06-17 13th Gordon Bennett race 1924. 1st place 714,00 km Belgium Ernest Demuyter Leon Coeckelbergh 444 Miles Brussels (Solbosch), Belgium to St. Abbs Head, Scotland 43 h 16 min First trophy won by Belgium 1925-06-09 14th Gordon Bennett race 1925. 1st place 1 345,00 km Belgium Alexander Veenstra Philippe Quersin 836 Miles Brussels (Solbosch), Belgium to Cap Torinana, Spain 47 h 30 min First nation to win Gordon Bennett 5 times © CIA, Hans Åkerstedt CIA NOTABLE FLIGHTS Part G. Gordon Bennett Flights Page 3 of 13 1926-05-31 15th Gordon Bennett race 1926. 1st place 861,00 km United States Ward Tunte van Orman Walter W. Morton 535 Miles Antwerp (Wilrijk), Belgium to Sölvesborg, Sweden 16 h 37 min Second nation to win Gordon Bennett 5 times 1927-09-12 16th Gordon Bennett race 1927. 1st place 1 198,00 km United States Edward J. Hill Arthur G. Schlosser 744 Miles Detroit (Henry Ford Airport), USA to Baxley, Georgia 48 h 0 min 1927-09-12 16th Gordon Bennett race 1927. 2nd place 1 106,00 km Germany Hugo Kaulen Alexander Dahl 687 Miles Detroit (Henry Ford Airport), USA to 48 h 0 min 1927-09-12 16th Gordon Bennett race 1927. 3rd place 1 102,00 km United States Ward Tunte van Orman Walter W. Morton 685 Miles Detroit (Henry Ford Airport), USA to Georgia 51 h 31 min 1928-07-02 17th Gordon Bennett race 1928. 1st place 740,80 km United States William Elsworth Kepner William O. Eareckson 460 Miles Detroit (Henry Ford Airport), USA to Kenbridge, Virginia 48 h 0 min Second trophy won by USA 1929-09-29 18th Gordon Bennett race 1929. 1st place 548,94 km United States Ward Tunte van Orman Alan.L. McCracken 341 Miles St. Louis (Manion Park), USA to Troy, Ohio 24 h 0 min 1930-09-02 19th Gordon Bennett race 1930. 1st place 872,00 km United States Ward Tunte van Orman Alan.L. McCracken 542 Miles Cleveland, Ohio, USA to Norfolk, Massachusets 27 h 56 min 10th victory for USA 1932-09-25 20th Gordon Bennett race 1932. 1st place 1 550,00 km United States Thomas G. W. "Tex" Settle Winfield Bushnell 963 Miles Basel (Kleinhüningen), Switzerland to Daugieliszki, Vilna, Poland 41 h 20 min World distance record. Third GB trophy won by USA. First to win 2 trophies 1933-09-04 21th Gordon Bennett race 1933. 1st place 1 361,00 km Poland Francyzek Hynek Zbigniew Burzynski 846 Miles Chicago (Century of Progress Expo), USA to Port Neuf, Quebec, Canada 38 h 32 min 1933-09-05 21th Gordon Bennett race 1933. 2nd place 1 248,00 km United States Thomas G. W. "Tex" Settle Kendall 775 Miles Chicago (Century of Progress Expo), USA to Lake Ontario?, Quebec, Canada 51 h 0 min 1933-09-04 21th Gordon Bennett race 1933. 4th place. Flew a netless balloon 403,00 km Germany Richard Schütze Erich Körner 250 Miles Chicago (Century of Progress Expo), USA to Klingstone, Michigan 26 h 0 min © CIA, Hans Åkerstedt CIA NOTABLE FLIGHTS Part G. Gordon Bennett Flights Page 4 of 13 1934-09-25 22nd Gordon Bennett race 1934. 1st place 1 333,00 km Poland Francyzek Hynek Wladislaw Pomaski 828 Miles Warsaw (Pole Mokotowskie Airport), Poland to Anna Woronez, USSR 44 h 48 min 1935-09-19 23rd Gordon Bennett race 1935. 1st place 1 650,47 km Poland Zbigniew Burzynski Wladyslav Wysocki 1 026 Miles Warsaw (Pole Mokotowskie Airport), Poland to Tiszkino, Stalingrad, USSR 57 h 54 min Fourth trophy won by Poland 1935-09-19 23rd Gordon Bennett race 1935. 2nd place 1 567,13 km Poland Antoni Janusz Wawszcak 974 Miles Warsaw (Pole Mokotowskie Airport), Poland to Nosowka 46 h 52 min 1936-09-01 24th Gordon Bennett race 1936. 1st place 1 715,80 km Belgium Ernest Demuyter Pierre Hoffmans 1 066 Miles Warsaw (Pole Mokotowskie Airport), Poland to Miedlesca, Archangelsk, USSR 46 h 24 min N 62d 20m 50s - E 42d 52m 03s. Miedlesca, 28 km N Shenkursk 1936-09-01 24th Gordon Bennett race 1936. 2nd place 1 534,28 km Poland Antoni Janusz Stanislaw Brenk 953 Miles Warsaw (Pole Mokotowskie Airport), Poland to Nosowszczyna 38 h 2 min N 63d 10m 16s - E 36d 56m 38s. Nosowszczyna, Onega Kalgaczycha, 24 km 1936-09-01 24th Gordon Bennett race 1936. 3rd place 1 518,40 km Switzerland Erich Tilgenkamp Maurice ten Bosch 943 Miles Warsaw (Pole Mokotowskie Airport), Poland to Wokonavelok 38 h 36 min N 64d 56m 00s - E 30d 43m 46s. Kuioziero, Wokonavelok Woknawolsk, 17 km 1937-06-22 25th Gordon Bennett race 1937. 1st place 1 396,00 km Belgium Ernest Demuyter Pierre Hoffmans 867 Miles Brussels (Heyselstadium), Belgium to Tukums (Dzirciems ~60 km W Riga), Latvia 46 h 15 min Second nation to win 5 times 1938-09-13 26th Gordon Bennett race 1938.