"On September 12, 1995, a gas balloon (D-CARIBBEAN) participating in the historic Coupe Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race was shot down by an attack helicopter of the Belarus air defense forces with the loss of the lives of the two pilots on board, Alan Fraenckel and John Stuart-Jervis, American citizens representing the Virgin Island Aero Club."

Join me in "FLYING A BLACK FLAG" on your crownline of your balloon. Send a message to everyone that we have not forgotten this terrible tragedy. Fly the black flag until justice is done. Such barbarous acts must never go unaddressed, whether in the aviation community or elsewhere!