The Race That Turned to Ruin

a year ago

Mike Wallace and Kevin Brielmann participate in the 1995 Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett, the oldest and most prestigious balloon race.
The race involves flying the farthest distance possible, with favorable weather allowing for an unprecedented fourth night of flight.
The Spirit of Springfield and the D-Caribbean, another competing balloon, maintain close contact and navigate using wind layers and ballast.
Belarus and Ukraine, newly independent nations, open their skies to the race for the first time, while Russia remains off-limits due to instability.
Wallace and Brielmann face a tense encounter with a Russian military helicopter, leading to their last known radio transmission.

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