French team wins prestigious long-distance balloon race that passed over Texas panhandle

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Spending more than three and a half days aloft and traveling more than 1,653 miles (2,660 kilometers), a French ballooning team has tra

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Spending more than three and a half days aloft and traveling more than 1,653 miles, a French ballooning team has traveled the farthest in the world's oldest and most prestigious air race.

Organizers of the Gordon Bennett Cup said Decellières and Havret surpassed a German team by about 46 miles to take the lead. The unofficial results will have to be confirmed by a jury of ballooning experts.

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