STORY: Such a view alone would be worth participating in the 65th Gordon Bennett Cup, officially the oldest gas balloon race in the world. Such were the impressions that this year’s winners were also able to enjoy: the German team Wilhelm and Benjamin Eimers, the first known father-son couple at the top of the traditional competition. It started on Friday from St. Gallen in Switzerland. From there, the 17 balloon teams from eight nations started. The Germans floated straight to the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, which they reached on Monday after two and a half days and after around 1,570 kilometers, the longest distance covered. With their very own aerial impressions of Hungary, Serbia or Romania.