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The Great British Long Jump: October 2012
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Monday, 1 October 2012. It's Long Jump time again. Fairly unsettled weather today. Rain in the south and the same for northern areas later. Monday 1 October—Sunday 7 October. This week looks likely to bring a transition to a westerly or southwesterly flow, although there is a hint in some of the models that the pressure will build for a time in the south. If this happens it could be a signal that a northwest/southeast split is on the cards. Monday 8 October—Sunday 21 October. Once again the north and wes...
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The Great British Long Jump: October 2014
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Wednesday, 29 October 2014. 29 October - time to write your reports! I have had one report sent in, so get writing folks and send them in. Pictures, videos all welcome. Various pictures have appeared on social networking sites. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Gordon Bennett Balloon Race. 29 October - time to write your reports! View my complete profile.
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The Great British Long Jump: Results.
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Sunday, 7 November 2010. Please send in your results asap. Download HERE. And then send in your reports with all the pictures, stories, lies, truths that you can muster. Traditionally, we have a presentation lunch near the end of November but this year I helping Anthony Smith with his RAFT! The container leaves on 11th and we fly out to meet it on Montgolfier Day. So what do people think? Thoughts please to robin@gasballoon.com. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Gordon Bennett Balloon Race.
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The Great British Long Jump: September 2011
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Friday, 23 September 2011. One week left to send in your entry. Only 1 week left to send in your entry ( not that I am too strict). So let me know your details and start borrowing tanks. A N D have a look at the new website. LINK. There's still lots to add, but the basics are there. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Gordon Bennett Balloon Race. One week left to send in your entry. View my complete profile.
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The Great British Long Jump: September 2010
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Thursday, 30 September 2010. Traditionally, today is the deadline for entries, so scroll down a few pages for entry details . Balloonists everywhere are thinking about Richard Abruzzo and Carol Rymer-Davis. They were one of 20 entrants in the Gordon Bennett Balloon Race who launched from Bristol at midnight on saturday and flew south across the Channel towards Brest. Good weather blessed their route across France, out across the Bay of Biscay and east towards the Pyrenees. The weather was beginning to ch...
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The Great British Long Jump: 29 October - time to write your reports!
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Wednesday, 29 October 2014. 29 October - time to write your reports! I have had one report sent in, so get writing folks and send them in. Pictures, videos all welcome. Various pictures have appeared on social networking sites. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Gordon Bennett Balloon Race. 29 October - time to write your reports! View my complete profile.
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The Great British Long Jump: One week left to send in your entry.
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Friday, 23 September 2011. One week left to send in your entry. Only 1 week left to send in your entry ( not that I am too strict). So let me know your details and start borrowing tanks. A N D have a look at the new website. LINK. There's still lots to add, but the basics are there. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Gordon Bennett Balloon Race. One week left to send in your entry. View my complete profile.
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The Great British Long Jump: September 2009
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Tuesday, 29 September 2009. 1 Any pilot may enter with any balloon. 2 The winner is the pilot who flies the longest straight line distance within the British Isles during the month of October. ( For Long Jump purposes this region includes the British mainland, Ireland, and every island in British or Irish Waters.). 3 Intermediate landings are not permitted. 4 The judge’s decisions are final. 6 The competition starts just after midnight on the morning of October 1 and closes at dusk on 31 October. 8 The w...
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The Great British Long Jump: December 2009
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Thursday, 24 December 2009. After carefully checking final grid refences, I can now announce the new winners of the 2009 Long Jump. Effectively, 1st and 2nd change places so congratulations to Ian Warrington and Andy Austin. For a well-earned victory. Their report tells their story. Here we go again – 3rd time lucky? Err I think probably not…. Ian had managed to fool John Friend that it was a good idea to drive all day long across the length of the country – for a third time! My wife Jane however has got...