Back in June 2014, we visited the Thuringian Championship in Heldburg – and it was a funny weekend full of spontaneous adventures and great friendship among the balloonists! Weather was beautiful and so were the views, while the competitors had a lot of tricky tasks to absolve. We didn’t really catch a lot of sleep [...]
Every year in winter, Lake Forggensee turns to a moonlike landscape when the water is released to make space for the springtime snowmelt. This summer, however, the basin remains empty: Severe damage to the barrage has been detected and needs urgent repair. For us, the empty lake brings an extraordinary scenery that can be observed [...]
A very enjoyable night flight from Stuttgart last week was a welcome opportunity to test some of our Gordon Bennett Equipment as well! Everything worked as planned, including the perfect landing after 11 hours close to Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate. Good times :-) [...]
Where has the time gone? Already eight years ago, Tomas Hora invited some second generation pilots to the town of Kajov in Czech Republic for a nice little balloon event – and it was one of the most beautiful and adventurous meetings we’ve ever been to! Not only did we do four balloon flights, we [...]
On the first weekend of June, the Ballonsportgruppe Stuttgart e.V. hosted their annual Youth Camp at Seeg / Allgäu. We spent three wonderful days exploring the countryside, visiting a swimming pool, singing ’round the campfire and of course flying our balloons! :-) The weather situation was quite difficult due to lability, rain showers and thunderstorms, [...]
It was a wonderful weekend at Zwickau! =) The city had invited fifteen balloon teams and twelve model balloon teams to celebrate its 900th anniversary – and celebrate we did ;-) Three night glows, a lot of model balloon action and a wonderful morning flight made this gathering really enjoyable. Weather was nice and warm, [...]
The passion of a lifetime: To behold the stunning beauty of our world like no one else, free like a bird, high in the sky, yet one with nature, using the oldest principle of flight known to man: Lighter than air.
No wings, no noise, no pressure… just serenity, just perfect bliss. At one with the elements… at one with yourself.
This is why we live A LIFE OF BALLOONING.