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  • The Philatelic Club of Metz takes your mail to the skies!

    The Metz Philatelic Club Will Be at the Start of the Gordon Bennett Aeronautical Cup – and Already Online! The celebration of the Gordon Bennett Aeronautical Cup wouldn’t be complete without mail sent by balloon post! For this edition, it’s the Metz Philatelic Club that makes this tradition possible, for everyone’s enjoyment. You can already…

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  • A Very Successful Press Conference

    On tuesday 20th May at the Club de la Presse in Metz, the Organizing Committee held a press conference to present the 68th edition of this legendary gas balloon race: the Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett, FAI long distance world championship in gas balloon. Cathy Picard, Chairwoman of the Organizing Committee presented the program for the…

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🌙✨ Second night in the air for our brave aeronauts!

After Munich, the balloons crossed the Austrian Alps, greeted by a magnificent sunrise over the mountains.

🪂 19 teams are still flying, carried by the winds, with one goal in mind: to go as far as possible. The adventure continues in the European skies…

🌙✨ Seconde nuit en vol pour nos valeureux aéronautes !

Depuis Munich, les ballons ont poursuivi leur route au-dessus des Alpes autrichiennes offrant un lever de soleil grandiose sur les sommets.

19 équipes sont toujours en course, portées par les vents, avec un seul objectif : aller le plus loin possible. L’aventure continue dans le ciel européen…

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