The gas balloon winter competition of the Freiballonclub Salzach-Inn is a one-day event that is only held in good weather. For that reason, it had been cancelled many times in the years before, but 2025, we were finally lucky! :-)
Balloons were inflated from Friday morning, so that all 11 gas balloons were ready Saturday at sunrise for a double hare and hounds. Perfect weather conditions with an almost 180 degrees wind turn during the day provided us with an 8 hour flight and a way back of only 55 minutes! How good can it get? =)
The two teams of the Ballonsportgruppe Stuttgart e.V. were back just in time for the goodbye evening with all the balloon teams and a little prize giving ceremony, which was – no surprise – won by current long distance world champion Christian “Wuzi” Wagner. Thank you BSG Stuttgart and Freiballonclub Salzach-Inn for the perfect organisation of that wonderful weekend! ;-)
A LIFE OF BALLOONING
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.