Category : 2023
Last weekend we spent at Weilburg, a lovely little town in a horseshoe bend of the river Lahn north-west of Frankfurt, Germany. The annual church anniversary celebrations had been the setting for a balloon meeting in 2019 already, and since then, we were waiting to come back! With a perfect organisation of the Balloon Sports [...]
We are safely back home from the 6. Horber Neckar-Balloncup while our Brithsh friends still have some miles to go! It was a great event again with wonderful weather, only the last flight on Saturday evening had to be cancelled due to thunderstorms in the area – but that finally gave us some time to [...]
Yesterday evening was a tricky one for our competition director: Almost no wind on the ground! The task setting he came up with, eight virtual columns oriented in a circle around Hochdorf, provided both fun and thrill: The best pilot would be the one who flew the greatest horizontal distance in all the columns together. [...]
Wait, what?!? you may think. Yes, we are indeed participating in the British National Hot Air Balloon Championship this year, which is traditionally held outside of Britain… because of the weather! :-D The event kicked of yesterday evening with a two task flight – and absolutely stunning views. Weather is looking great for the next [...]
Goodbye Chambley! In the meantime, we’re safely back home unpacking our stuff, enjoying the memories we made at the Grand Est Mondial Air Ballons 2023. Despite the challenging weather, it was a great week again at Chambley Planet’Air. Lots of friends old and new, 7 flights for us (we skipped three as we didn’t like [...]
