39th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Wil, Switzerland, September 9, 1995

Results

RankPilotsCountryScoreDurationLanding
1Wilhelm Eimers
Bernd Landsmann
GER1628.10 km92:11:00Ludzasraj (LAT)
2John Mike Wallace
Kevin Brielmann
USA1403.00 km69:23:00David-Gorodok (BLR)
3Johann Fürstner
Gerald Stürzlinger
AUT1395.40 km80:18:00Lucincik (UKR)
4David Levin
Mark Sullivan
USA1280.00 km65:25:00Zelva, Volkovysk (BLR)
5Alan Fraenckel
John Stuart-Jervis
ISV1267.20 km62:32:00Bereza (BLR)
6Heinz Brachtendorf
Jürgen Schubert
GER930.90 km48:00:00Greve (DEN)
7Josef Höhl
Florian Schwingenstein
GER906.20 km47:57:00Gerbno, Koszalin (POL)
8Silvia Wagner
Thomas Lewetz
AUT871.70 km35:25:00Kolobrzeg (POL)
9Werner Najer
Hans Jörg Fröhlin
SUI839.30 km42:38:00Rudki, Walcz (POL)
10Rien Jurg
Ron van Houten
NED804.90 km44:57:00Jaglice, Czlopa (POL)
11Max Imstepf
Kurt Frieden
SUI625.30 km55:50:00Karprika, Jelenia-Gora (POL)
12Josef Starkbaum
Roland Starkbaum
AUT498.90 km22:42:00St.Pölten (AUT)
13Stefan Makne
Pjotr Halas
POL494.60 km26:43:00Unterbergen (AUT)
14Christian Stoll
Karl Spenger
SUI220.50 km07:17:00Bad Feilnbac (GER)
15Richard Abruzzo
Jacob Traub
USA52.30 km07:43:00Denkingen (GER)

New duration record

The German pilots Wilhelm Eimers and Bernd Landsmann flew a duration of 92:11:00. This new record in a Gordon Bennett race will hold for very long (still valid as of writing in 2019).

Flight report from Wilhelm Eimers (in German)


Wilhelm Eimers and Bernd Landsmann
(Photo Wilhelm Eimers)

Positions