This past week has just been amazing. Our Facebook page now has over 600 fans… I almost can’t believe it! :-D Our posts and photos from the Mondial Air Balloons 2017 at Chambley have been seen by over 30.000 people. I never thought the passion we live could touch so many hearts. Thank you for [...]
For Saturday evening, we had the option to do a fly-in to Chambley airfield, and as it is usually windy on airfields, we decided to look for a nice sheltered spot to take off from. Which we found, actually, but the wind predictions given at the briefing proved to be anything but true, and so [...]
Friday evening finally promised at least a streak of sunlight for the flight – and there it was, beautifully colouring the western skies over Chambley Planet’Air. The balloons flew in an northeasterly direction towards the city of Metz, most of them landing near Gorze, but some of them – like us – also in the [...]
Thursday offered some time to relax again, as both flights had to be cancelled, but on Friday morning, the weather was finally fine enough for the “Great Line”, the record attempt with the most balloons aligned on the airfield of Chambley. Although the sun was missing, views were overwhelming, and with 456 balloons total, we [...]
We didn’t really believe Wednesday morning to be flyable, so we decided to sleep in – which proved to be a failure, as the pilots launching from Chambley Air Base really had a nice morning flight! However, we were back in the skies in the evening, flying with 472 other balloons in a northeasterly direction [...]
After Monday had been completely unflyable, Tuesday evening provided another, yet exciting, weather slot. Big rain clouds trailed along east and west of Chambley airfield, giving the horizon a frightening look. Eventually, skies began to clear up from the northwest, and soon the heavy clouds were gone – time to fly! :-) Thank you Dennis [...]
Sunday evening gave us another chance to fly… and we almost didn’t take it! Winds were quite strong in the beginning, and unwilling to risk our little fragile basket, we aborted attempt one… but, as they say, the most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time, and so we finally [...]
On Saturday evening, the weather situation was quite similar to the morning… but with a cold front and some thunderstorms approaching, we closely monitored the radar pictures on the internet, and finally decided not to fly. For the teams who launched early and landed early, everything was fine, but some balloons stayed aloft quite long, [...]
The second flight on Saturday morning proved to be great fun again – although we were trying really hard to escape a rain cloud that had formed behind us! In the end, we landed on the same field with three other teams and managed to pack away our balloon right before it started to drizzle [...]
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.