48th Gordon Bennett Race
August 26th - September 4th, 2004 - Thionville, France
Map images and position reports are updated every hour.
| Launch Seq. | Team Name | Country | Pilot/ Co-Pilot  | 
Balloon | Registration | Coordinates | Position | Last Update (UTC) | Flown Distance (km) | State | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium II | Simeons, Benoit Berben, Bob  | 
Le Petit Prince | F-PPSE | N54°02'23" E018°02'49"  | 
54 km SW of Gdansk, Poland | 2004-08-30 13:41:35 | 968.50 | Landed | |
| 2 | Poland | Makné, Stefan Stanecki, Krzysztof  | 
VOX-Meble | SP-BBI | N53°52'58" E014°40'20"  | 
51 km N of Szczecin, Poland | 2004-08-30 10:39:00 | 772.44 | Landed | |
| 3 | Germany III | Brachtendorf, Heinrich Huthmacher, Karl-Heinz  | 
Warsteiner | D-OBCW | N54°05'38" E015°32'18"  | 
44 km WSW of Koszalin, Poland | 2004-08-30 11:45:26 | 831.98 | Landed | |
| 4 | Switzerland I | Krebs, Max Vollenweider, Walter  | 
Kandersteg | D-OCFT | N53°57'11" E014°43'09"  | 
59 km N of Szczecin, Poland | 2004-08-30 10:56:00 | 779.63 | Landed | |
| 5 | France | Villey, Thierry Buron-Pilatre, Philippe  | 
D-OARH | N52°07'06" E010°34'36"  | 
18 km SSE of Braunschweig, Germany | 2004-08-30 05:35:00 | 436.42 | Landed | ||
| 6 | United States III | Sullivan, Mark Levin, David  | 
G-BSRJ | N61°46'15" E014°25'41"  | 
334 km NW of Stockholm, Sweden | 2004-08-31 13:57:00 | 1471.89 | Landed | ||
| 7 | Austria II | Stürzlinger, Gerald Fürstner, Johann  | 
nicaero nautilo | D-ORZL | N57°51'25" E015°50'11"  | 
213 km SW of Stockholm, Sweden | 2004-08-30 18:11:00 | 1137.78 | Landed | |
| 8 | Great Britain I | Folkes, Janet Butter, Colin  | 
Motor Colombus | HB-BJS | N53°15'57" E013°46'08"  | 
55 km WSW of Szczecin, Poland | 2004-08-30 09:00:00 | 683.59 | Landed | |
| 9 | Belgium I | Van Havere, Ronny De Cock, Philippe  | 
Belgica 2 | OO-BCX | N57°06'56" E015°47'05"  | 
285 km SSW of Stockholm, Sweden | 2004-08-30 16:41:00 | 1072.01 | Landed | |
| 10 | Germany II | Schmöhl, Klaus Göhrmann, Bernd  | 
Warsteiner | D-OWBA | N53°29'51" E014°29'36"  | 
8 km NNW of Szczecin, Poland | 2004-08-30 10:10:00 | 737.63 | Landed | |
| 11 | Switzerland III | Stoll, Christian Mattenberger, Walter  | 
Ajoie | HB-QHP | N55°36'16" E013°41'48"  | 
150 km NNE of Stralsund, Germany | 2004-08-30 14:00:35 | 860.62 | Landed | |
| 12 | United States II | Fricke, Barbara Cuneo, Peter  | 
Foxtrot Charlie | N47FC | N54°04'09" E016°16'11"  | 
15 km SSE of Koszalin, Poland | 2004-08-30 11:25:00 | 869.91 | Landed | |
| 13 | Austria I | Scherzer, Sepp Meierhofer, Helmut  | 
Festo-Flyer | PH-KTS | N54°05'09" E015°08'33"  | 
69 km W of Koszalin, Poland | 2004-08-30 12:49:35 | 810.59 | Landed | |
| 14 | Great Britain II | Donnelly, Tom Hempleman-Adams, David  | 
G-BWOK | N52°52'43" E014°41'41"  | 
40 km WNW of Gorzow, Poland | 2004-08-30 09:10:00 | 711.86 | Landed | ||
| 15 | Germany I | Eimers, Wilhelm Seel, Ulrich  | 
Warsteiner | D-OWBI | N63°24'07" E014°05'38"  | 
496 km NNW of Stockholm, Sweden | 2004-08-31 16:39:46 | 1633.05 | Landed | |
| 16 | Switzerland II | Tièche, Nicolas Duvoisin, Pierrick  | 
Spelterini | HB-QHJ | N53°19'02" E013°58'34"  | 
40 km WSW of Szczecin, Poland | 2004-08-30 08:43:00 | 698.07 | Landed | |
| 17 | United States I | Abruzzo, Richard Rymer Davis, Carol  | 
Zero Gravity | N96YD | N63°52'09" E019°38'27"  | 
404 km NNW of Turku, Finland | 2004-08-31 21:54:00 | 1803.36 | Landed |