The fabulous winter weather this week was really tempting – and as our first balloon D-OSBK was slumbering in it’s bag with 598 and somewhat hours, we decided to take it out for a flight and push it over 600! What can I say – the pictures speak for themselves. The 17 year old envelope [...]

About two years ago, Thomas from Kubicek Balloons Deutschland asked me if I had a suggestion what his new Kubicek demonstrator envelope might look like. Of course I had… and as I got some experience with CAD, some hours later the visual was ready. The envelope took a bit longer… but now, here it is! [...]

We’ve been invited to German local TV station SWR to talk about our recent gas balloon flight to Spain! For all those who couldn’t watch it live (or want to see it again), you can now access the video in the SWR Mediathek. [...]

Starting 2019 with a bang! For some weeks already, we had the idea of a long gas balloon flight in the first week of January – and as the slot approached, the weather models showed a possible crossing of the Pyrenees, starting from the Gladbeck gas balloon site. So, on January 1st, we packed our [...]

Another awesome year of ballooning is coming to an end. Thank you everyone for being a part of it! Happy holidays to all our customers, friends and fans. Have a wonderful 2019! ;-) [...]

It’s been a bit quiet around here recently! Yep, weather is not that inviting at the moment, and you know what, we’ve got other hobbies apart from ballooning as well, called work! ;-) However, I’ve been doing some flying recently when my parents were there for a visit, so here we go. Nice morning flight [...]

The summer with all its journeys, events and adventures is over! Time to get some stuff done… and to enjoy flying at home. Friday was a wonderful opportunity to play around with the morning mist above our lovely region :-)   [...]

…it’s Christmas! Have you got all your presents together?!? ;-) Don’t panic, we have a solution for you and all your balloon addicted friends. Our brand new 2019 calendar will be available from the end of November in Din A3 (297x420mm) for 19,90 € plus shipping. If you fancy to have one, please get in [...]

The weekend after, all pilots and teams gathered again at Bern for the Awards Ceremony of the 62nd Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett. A wonderful evening on the Gurten, a hill south of Bern, with an amazing view all over the city. We were more than happy with our 10th place! The official results of the [...]