| CIA NOTABLE | Part 20, Awards, Champions |
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| 1901-10-19 | Winner of the Deutsch Prize. |
| | Pilot: | Alberto Santos-Dumont | Copilot: |
| 1906-10-01 | 1st Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Frank P. Lahm | Copilot: | Henry B. Hersey |
| 1907-10-23 | 2nd Gordon Bennett race 1907. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Oscar Erbslöh | Copilot: | Henry Helm Clayton (USA) |
| 1908-10-14 | 3rd Gordon Bennett race 1908. 1st place. North Sea crossing |
| | Pilot: | Theodor Schaeck | Copilot: | Emil Messner |
| 1909-10-05 | 4th Gordon Bennett race 1909. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Edgar W. Mix | Copilot: | Andre Roussel |
| 1910-10-19 | 5th Gordon Bennett race 1910. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Alan R. Hawley | Copilot: | Augustus Post |
| 1911-10-06 | 6th Gordon Bennett race 1911. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Hans Gericke | Copilot: | Otto Duncker |
| 1912-10-29 | 7th Gordon Bennett. 1st place. First over 2000 km |
| | Pilot: | Maurice Bienaimé | Copilot: | René Rumpelmayer |
| 1913-10-14 | 8th Gordon Bennett race 1913. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Ralph M. Upson | Copilot: | R.A.I. Preston |
| 1920-10-25 | 9th Gordon Bennett race 1920. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Ernest Demuyter | Copilot: | M. Labrousse |
| 1921-09-19 | 10th Gordon Bennett race 1921. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Paul Armbruster | Copilot: | Louis Ansermier |
| 1922-08-07 | 11th Gordon Bennett race 1922. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Ernest Demuyter | Copilot: | Alexander Veenstra |
| 1923-09-24 | 12th Gordon Bennett race 1923. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Ernest Demuyter | Copilot: | Leon Coeckelbergh |
| 1924-06-17 | 13th Gordon Bennett race 1924. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Ernest Demuyter | Copilot: | Leon Coeckelbergh |
| 1925-06-09 | 14th Gordon Bennett race 1925. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Alexander Veenstra | Copilot: | Philippe Quersin |
| 1926-05-31 | 15th Gordon Bennett race 1926. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Ward Tunte van Orman | Copilot: | Walter W. Morton |
| 1927-09-12 | 16th Gordon Bennett race 1927. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Edward J. Hill | Copilot: | Arthur G. Schlosser |
| 1928-07-02 | 17th Gordon Bennett race 1928. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | William Elsworth Kepner | Copilot: | William O. Eareckson |
| 1929-09-29 | 18th Gordon Bennett race 1929. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Ward Tunte van Orman | Copilot: | Alan.L. McCracken |
| 1930-09-02 | 19th Gordon Bennett race 1930. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Ward Tunte van Orman | Copilot: | Alan.L. McCracken |
| 1932-09-25 | 20th Gordon Bennett race 1932. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Thomas G. W. "Tex" Settle | Copilot: | Winfield Bushnell |
| 1933-09-04 | 21th Gordon Bennett race 1933. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Francyzek Hynek | Copilot: | Zbigniew Burzynski |
| 1934-09-25 | 22nd Gordon Bennett race 1934. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Francyzek Hynek | Copilot: | Wladislaw Pomaski |
| 1935-09-19 | 23rd Gordon Bennett race 1935. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Zbigniew Burzynski | Copilot: | Wladyslav Wysocki |
| 1936-09-01 | 24th Gordon Bennett race 1936. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Ernest Demuyter | Copilot: | Pierre Hoffmans |
| 1937-06-22 | 25th Gordon Bennett race 1937. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Ernest Demuyter | Copilot: | Pierre Hoffmans |
| 1938-09-13 | 26th Gordon Bennett race 1938. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Antoni Janusz | Copilot: | Franz Janick |
| 1973-02-17 | Winner of the First World Hot Air Balloon Championships |
| | Pilot: | Dennis Floden | Copilot: |
| 1976-09-14 | Winner of the First World Gas Balloon Championships |
| | Pilot: | Peter Peterka | Copilot: | Kurt Rünzi |
| 1983-06-26 | 27th Gordon Bennett race 1983. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Stefan Makne | Copilot: | Ireneuz Cieslak |
| 1984-10-15 | 28th Gordon Bennett race 1984. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Karl Spenger | Copilot: | Martin Messner |
| 1985-09-29 | 29th Gordon Bennett race 1985. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Josef Starkbaum | Copilot: | Gert Scholz |
| 1986-10-19 | 30th Gordon Bennett race 1986. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Josef Starkbaum | Copilot: | Gert Scholz |
| 1987-10-05 | 31st Gordon Bennett race 1987. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Josef Starkbaum | Copilot: | Gert Scholz |
| 1988-08-07 | Winner of the First World Hot Air Airship Championships |
| | Pilot: | Oscar Lindström | Copilot: |
| 1988-10-25 | 32nd Gordon Bennett race 1988. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Josef Starkbaum | Copilot: | Gert Scholz |
| 1989-09-17 | 33rd Gordon Bennett race 1989. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Josef Starkbaum | Copilot: | Gert Scholz |
| 1990-09-03 | 34th Gordon Bennett race 1990. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Josef Starkbaum | Copilot: | Gert Scholz |
| 1990-09-30 | Winner of the First World Rozière Balloon Championships |
| | Pilot: | Nick Saum | Copilot: |
| 1991-09-23 | 35th Gordon Bennett race 1991. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Volker Kuinke | Copilot: | Jürgen Schubert |
| 1992-09-16 | Winner of first Transatlantic Balloon Race. Bangor. Maine Sep 16 |
| | Pilot: | Wim Verstraeten | Copilot: | Bertrand Piccard |
| 1992-09-23 | 36th Gordon Bennett race 1992. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | David N. Levin | Copilot: | James Herschend |
| 1993-10-07 | 37th Gordon Bennett race 1993. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Josef Starkbaum | Copilot: | Rainer Roehsler |
| 1994-09-19 | 38th Gordon Bennett race 1994. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Karl Spenger | Copilot: | Christian Stoll |
| 1995-03-01 | Awarded first CIA Gold Badge with three diamonds |
| | Pilot: | Bruce P. Comstock | Copilot: |
| 1995-03-01 | Awarded second CIA Gold Badge with three diamonds |
| | Pilot: | Josef Starkbaum | Copilot: |
| 1995-09-13 | 39th Gordon Bennett race 1995. 1st place. World record |
| | Pilot: | Wilhelm Eimers | Copilot: | Bernd Landsmann |
| 1995-10-10 | 1st America's Challenge 1995. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Richard Abruzzo | Copilot: | David L. Melton |
| 1996-03-01 | Awarded third CIA Gold Badge with three diamonds |
| | Pilot: | David N. Levin | Copilot: |
| 1996-03-01 | Awarded fourth CIA Gold Badge with three diamonds |
| | Pilot: | Mark Sullivan | Copilot: |
| 1996-10-01 | 40th Gordon Bennett race 1996. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Wilhelm Eimers | Copilot: | Bernd Landsmann |
| 1997-09-09 | 41st Gordon Bennett race 1997. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Vincent Leys | Copilot: | Jean-Francois Leys |
| 1998-10-09 | 4th America's Challenge 1998. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Troy Bradley | Copilot: | Tami Stevenson-Bradley |
| 1999-10-05 | 43rd Gordon Bennett race 1999. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Philippe de Cock | Copilot: | Ronny Van Havere |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Richard Abruzzo | Copilot: | Carol Rymer-Davis |
| 2000-09-12 | 44th Gordon Bennett race 2000. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Wilhelm Eimers | Copilot: | Bernd Landsmann |
| 2000-10-13 | 5th America's Challenge 2000. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | David N. Levin | Copilot: | Alan S. Levin |
| 2001-09-04 | 45th Gordon Bennett race 2001. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Vincent Leys | Copilot: | Jean-Francois Leys |
| 2001-10-11 | 6th America's Challenge 2001. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Peter Cuneo | Copilot: | Barbara Fricke |
| 2002-03-08 | Awarded fifth CIA Gold Badge with three Diamonds |
| | Pilot: | David Hempleman-Adams | Copilot: |
| 2001-06-30 | 2nd World Air Games. First WAG Gas balloon event. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Klaus Weisgerber | Copilot: | Astrid Gerhardt |
| 1975-10-12 | 2nd World Hot Air Balloon Championship. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | David Schaffer | Copilot: |
| 1977-09-17 | 3rd World Hot Air Balloon Championship. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Paul Woessner | Copilot: |
| 1979-01-10 | 4th World Hot Air Balloon Championship. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Paul Woessner | Copilot: |
| 1981-06-27 | 5th World Hot Air Balloon Championship. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Bruce P. Comstock | Copilot: |
| 1983-09-07 | 6th World Hot Air Balloon Championship. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Peter Vizzard | Copilot: |
| 1985-07-20 | 7th World Hot Air Balloon Championship. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | David N. Levin | Copilot: |
| 1987-09-12 | 8th World Hot Air Balloon Championship. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Albert Nels | Copilot: |
| 1989-11-27 | 9th World Hot Air Balloon Championship. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Benedikt Haggeney | Copilot: |
| 1991-08-18 | 10th World Hot Air Balloon Championship. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Albert Nels | Copilot: |
| 1993-08-22 | 11th World Hot Air Balloon Championship. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Alan Blount | Copilot: |
| 1995-07-08 | 12th World Hot Air Balloon Championship. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Joe Heartsill | Copilot: |
| 1997-11-25 | 13th World Hot Air Balloon Championship. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | David Bareford | Copilot: |
| 1999-09-05 | 14th World Hot Air Balloon Championship. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Bill Arras | Copilot: |
| 1997-09-19 | 1st World Air Games. Hot Air Balloon Event. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Uwe Schneider | Copilot: |
| 2001-06-30 | 2nd World Air Games. Hot Air Balloon Event. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Fujita Masahiko | Copilot: |
| 1980-07-09 | 2nd World Gas Balloon Championships. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Heinrich Brachtendorf | Copilot: | Helmuth Kärnstadt |
| 1982-10-03 | 3rd World Gas Balloon Championships. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Peter Peterka | Copilot: | Jean-Paul Kuenzi |
| 1986-11-20 | 4th World Gas Balloon Championships. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Peter Peterka | Copilot: | Jean-Paul Kuenzi |
| 1988-10-01 | 5th World Gas Balloon Championships. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Josef Starkbaum | Copilot: | Gert Scholz |
| 1990-09-30 | 6th World Gas Balloon Championships. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Josef Starkbaum | Copilot: | Gert Scholz |
| 1992-10-10 | 7th World Gas Balloon Championships. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | David N. Levin | Copilot: | Jim Schiller |
| 1994-10-10 | 8th World Gas Balloon Championships. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Thomas Fink | Copilot: | Rainer Hassold |
| 1996-09-02 | 9th World Gas Balloon Championships. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Thomas Fink | Copilot: | Rainer Hassold |
| 1990-08-10 | 2nd World Hot Air Airship Championships. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Vincent Dupuis | Copilot: |
| 1992-09-20 | 3rd World Hot Air Airship Championships. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Guy Moyano | Copilot: |
| 1994-02-06 | 4th World Hot Air Airship Championships. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Vincent Dupuis | Copilot: |
| 1996-01-17 | 5th World Hot Air Airship Championships. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Jens Petersen | Copilot: |
| 1998-09-07 | 6th World Hot Air Airship Championships. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Jacques Besnard | Copilot: |
| 2000-09-10 | 7th World Hot Air Airship Championships. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Jacques Besnard | Copilot: |
| 1998-10-09 | 4th Americas Challenge 1998. 2nd place |
| | Pilot: | Mark Sullivan | Copilot: | Crispin Williams. UK |
| 1998-10-09 | 4th Americas Challenge 1998. 3rd place |
| | Pilot: | Richard Abruzzo | Copilot: | Jacob Traub |
| 1998-10-09 | 4th Americas Challenge 1998. 4th place |
| | Pilot: | David N. Levin | Copilot: | Alan Levin |
| 2002-09-03 | 46th Gordon Bennett race 2002. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Vincent Leys | Copilot: | Jean-Francois Leys |
| 2002-10-07 | 7th Americas Challenge. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Richard Abruzzo | Copilot: | Gary Johnson |
| 2003-09-17 | 47th Gordon Bennett race 2003. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Vincent Leÿs | Copilot: | Jean-Francois Leÿs |
| 2003-10-06 | 8th Americas challenge. 1st place |
| | Pilot: | Richard Abruzzo | Copilot: | Carol Rymer Davis |
| 2003-03-08 | Awarded sixth CIA Gold Badge with three Diamonds |
| | Pilot: | Steven Wayne Griffin | Copilot: |
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