Can you imagine?!? 2024 is already in its final, and we’re looking back on yet another fantastic year of ballooning. New meetings, new destinations, new friends… many many flights and most importantly almost always favourable weather conditions have made this year really enjoyable again. So, just as the years before, we express our heartfelt thanks [...]
Already back in 2019, when the European Hot Air Balloon Championship was announced to take place on the island of Mallorca, we had thought about going there – but eventually abandoned the idea because it was too much of an effort, and quite expensive as well. Five years later, we should get a second chance, [...]
Finally, here it is: the ‘best of’ of our pictures from what can no doubt be called the most exciting Gordon Bennett Race to date! =) Right from the beginning, the Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2024 turned out to be very special experience – an event that impresses not only with its long tradition, but [...]
38 years ago, a little boy of six years stood in a street in Pforzheim and looked up into the sky as some colourful hot air balloons gently drifted along. The fascination never faded, and so, it was a matter of the heart to return to the 13th edition of the Pforzheim balloon event in [...]
On Friday 13th of September 2024 in the evening (weather permitting), 21 gas balloon teams from all over the world will launch in Münster, Germany for the oldest and most prestigious air race in history: The Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett. The goal is simple: To fly as far as possible. We are competing this year [...]
Back in Umbria after one year off! After we had decided to visit the (probably last) GEMAB in Chambley / France the year before, we were really looking forward to return to the Sagrantino Cup in 2024! The stable weather and the beautiful scenery of middle Italy soon provided the flights and views we had [...]
Every year in July, the Ballonsportclub Hellenstein e.V. holds its friendship meet with around 15 teams from near and far, and since we can remember, the weekend involves hot sunny weather and a lot of flying. It was no different this year! =) Thank you to all the helping hands making this event possible and [...]
For our big adventure in fall 2023, we had had to skip the Kieler Woche last year… only with the promise to return in 2024, which we did! And we were just as lucky with the weather as in the previous four editions… 8 flights in 9 days, what more can you wish for =) [...]
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.
This is why we live A LIFE OF BALLOONING.