BalloonLife,December 1999

Rank

Team

Distance

Location of Landing

Duration

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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17.
17.
17.
17.

Abruzzo / Rymer
Kugler /Sheese
Herschend /Holland
Robinson/ Neal
Petrehn /Parks
Bradley /Hale
Pritchard /Davies
Levin / Levin
Cuneo/ Fricke
Sullivan / Brake
Wereschuk/ Throop
Padelt/ Vitanza
Brown/ Cole
Woods / Staley
Melton/Clinton
Elwell / Weeks
Hahn /Davis
Sparks / Edling
Hager /Boylan
Kittinger / Liniger

1,783.1 miles
1,709.8 miles
1,670.7 miles
1,657.4 miles
1,576.9 miles
1,510.6 miles
1,499miles
1,471.1 miles
837.8miles
672 miles
667.8miles
339.5miles
331 miles
325 miles
142.5miles
113 miles
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Landed10 miles NE of Wales, Maine.
LandedFt. Devens, Massachusetts
LandedNear St. Thomas, Quebec
Landednear RandolphCenter,Vermont
Landednear Chapais, Quebec
Landed55 miles N NE of Matagami, Quebec
Landednear Matagami, Quebec
LandedinDespinassy, Quebec
Landednear Blackstone, Illinois
LandedinGrand Meadow, Minnesota
Landed5 miles southeast of Stapels, Minnesota
Landednear Colume, SouthDakota
Landed20 miles SW of Gregory, SouthDakota
Landed20 miles north northwest of Basett, Nebraska
Landednear Bayard, Nebraska
Landed8 miles east northeast of Kimball, Nebraska
Front Range Airport
Front Range Airport
Front Range Airport
Front Range Airport

64.28hours
65.13hours
62.17hours
63.82hours
61.95hours
58.7hours
60.42hours
60.58hours
40.3hours
37 hours
32.1hours
21 hours
17.82hours
18.22hours
7.92hours
5.55hours
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

TOTALS

16,307.20 miles

1,353.92hours
Far left: Dave Liniger
and Joe Kittinger.
Left: Richard Abruzzo
Right: Launch order
drawing. (l. to r.) Mike
Reagan, Steve Shope,
Gail Liniger