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Oh what a year! =) The adventures of 2022 have truly left us speechless, from the snowy Filzmoos mountains to the fascinating Saudi Arabian desert, from the golden fields of Umbria to the stunning mass ascents at Albuquerque… this may very well be our best ballooning year ever. We want to express our heartfelt thanks [...]
When you’re into ballooning, sooner or later you’ll end up in Albuquerque, they say. For me, it took a while, but thanks to Siebel Ballooning and Holzwerk Ballonteam, this year the dream finally came true! Altogether, we spent eleven days in Albuquerque, living through almost every form of weather there is: Beautiful sunshine, pouring rain, [...]
Oh what a fabulous adventure that was! =) Our 3rd participation in the famous Gordon Bennett Race, our second longest and second farthest gas balloon journey, and all that in one flight! We couldn’t be happier. Altogether, we covered a distance of 1258 kilometers in 50 hours and 15 minutes – two nights and two [...]
For the fourth time already, we’ve visited the Italian International Balloon Grand Prix, also known as the ‘Sagrantino Cup’, in beautiful Umbria! After two rather small editions 2020 and 2021, 2022 surprised us with almost 90 balloons over the picturesque old town of Todi – what a sight! =) Eight flights in ten days, lots [...]
After the ‘Kieler Woche’ had been cancelled in 2020 and 2021 and only was carried out as a small – but no less beautiful – balloon meeting in September, the original event returned in 2022! And after we had had the sensational number of ten flights in September 2021, we never would have believed that [...]
On our long way to Kiel, we spent a night at Osnabrück, where our good friend Jacy had organised a nice get-together with some other ballooning friends from the area… and we indeed had a great evening in the skies around Lienen! =) Thank you Jacy, Jan, Frank, Himke & Dominik! ;-) [...]
