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This summer, we finally made it to the Friendship Balloon Meeting at Heidenheim organised by the “Ballonsportclub Hellenstein” – and found out by ourselves that all the good rumours about this event are really true! :-) Great hospitality, perfect catering, lots of nice people, wonderful weather, beautiful flights… what more could you wish for! We [...]
During the last week of January, we spent a fabulous time in Kössen / Austria, where we took part in the “13th Kaiserwinkl Alpin Ballooning”, one of the biggest winter meetings in the Alps with over 50 balloon teams. Weather was not that good at first, but we braved the snowfall and took part in [...]
From January 10th to 14th, we visited the balloon meeting at Gosau / Dachstein (Austria) – for our 20th time in a row! :-) It was only appropriate to bring along our first model balloon envelope, which is exactly 20 years old by now, and to fly it in front of the impressive silhouette of [...]
And because we do, we met last Saturday at Seeg again for yet another long winter flight! Weather was beautiful, winds were strong and so we followed once more the track we already knew: Over Lake Staffelsee, Penzberg and Bad Tölz to the surroundings of Lake Tegernsee, where we decided to land after 3:20 h [...]
Less than a week after our flight from Seeg to Rosenheim, we met at Eglofs (between Wangen and Isny) with some fellow balloonists, and it turned out that we had a similar wind situation as the Saturday before. And again, the race was on! :-) Within three hours and fourty minutes of flight, we made [...]
It is October, and many balloonists are talking about the end of the season. Well, not us, that’s for sure! :-D On Saturday, October 26th, weather was just perfect for a long distance flight along the Alps: Calm on the ground and speedy winds at altitude. So, we met at Seeg (near Füssen) with our [...]
With a nice ‘survivor’s dinner’ and awards ceremony on Friday evening, our fantastic week at Kirchberg finally came to an end. And we only missed the podium by a few points! :-) Back home now, we’re still dreaming about our wonderful flights… and the impressions from this awesome week will surely stay with us forever. [...]
No weather for flying? No problem! There are many other things to do at Kirchberg! :-) So, we did a nice little hiking tour up the Gaisberg, and as you can see on the photos, the views we had were no less magical than the ones we had the days before! Finally, we ended up [...]
Our ninth consecutive flight brought a bit of true adventure! As some kind of special competition, a hare and hounds was called out, and the hounds were allowed to hot inflate right after the hare had taken off. Luckily, we were quick enough and did just that, for right after our takeoff, the wind turned [...]