Richard Abruzzo
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Richard Abruzzo was an American balloonist.
His father was Ben Abruzzo
and was from Albuquerque, New Mexico
.
He and Carol Rymer Davis
won the 2004 Gordon Bennett Cup.
They were lost at sea on September 29, 2010, and their bodies were found off the coast of Italy
in the Adriatic Sea
on December 6, 2010.
He was awarded the Harmon Trophy
in 2001, 2003 and 2005.
His father was Ben Abruzzo
Ben Abruzzo
Benjamin L. Abruzzo was an American hot air balloonist and businessman. He helped increase the reputation of Albuquerque as a center of lighter-than-air and hot-air ballooning.-Biography:...
and was from Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...
.
He and Carol Rymer Davis
Carol Rymer Davis
Carol Ann Rymer Davis was an American balloonist, and radiologist. She and Richard Abruzzo won the 2004 Gordon Bennet Cup. She was awarded the 2005 Harmon Trophy....
won the 2004 Gordon Bennett Cup.
They were lost at sea on September 29, 2010, and their bodies were found off the coast of Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
in the Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...
on December 6, 2010.
He was awarded the Harmon Trophy
Harmon Trophy
The Harmon Trophy is a set of three international trophies, to be awarded annually to the world's outstanding aviator, aviatrix , and aeronaut...
in 2001, 2003 and 2005.
External links
- "Inquiry into missing gas balloonists expected", BBC, 2 October 2010
- "A picture of Richard Abruzzo and his wife Nancy in Bristol, England, on 25 September 2010, before the launch of the Gordon Bennett international balloon race." George Bladon/nrgsportspix.com