Olympic Games held In Paris, France in 1900. The two French balloonist Henry de la Vaulx and Georges Castillon de Saint-Victor set world records for distance 1925 km from Paris to Kiev and duration nearly 36 hours.
The Gordon Bennett Balloon Cup held in Geneva in 1922. Old video from the start.
Measuring report sheets of Őcsény Balloon Meeting 2019
First Hare and Hounds task at morning 29/09/2019
Central European CupFAI Sporting Event – CIA sanction pending
We would like to invite you to the BorTér winefestival, where more than 100 wineries presents excellent products and the second Szeged Airshow which is the largest flying event in the region and to the first Central European Cup hot air balloon competition and to the second Szeged Ballon Cup fiesta.
The Event will run from 13th September 2017. The last flying day will be 16th September PM unless the minimum tasks under rule 1.2 have not been achieved, in which case the last flying day will be 17th September AM.
The entry fee is 100 EUR if you pay it before 10th May and it’s includes are FAI loggers, officials, electronic maps and rules, propane for the flights, light breakfast and lunch for pilot + 3 (Thursday – Friday – Saturday), pilot pack souvenirs, free camping facilities on the airport with your own equipment. If you don’t want to camp then you should manage and pay your accommodation.
The organisers will accept the first 40 valid entries.
You may find the invitation here. Printable version of the invitation.
B-42, MUM-290301 – MARCH 29, 2005 – MUMBAI: VIJAYPAT SINGHANIA CHAIRMAN EMERITUS RAYMONDS GROUP AND AVIATOR ANNOUNCES HIS NEW HOT AIR BALLOON ADVENTURE IN MUMBAI ON TUESDAY. PTI PHOTO
The record by Vijaypat Singhania is subject to verification, but his son Gautam Singhania said the 44-ton balloon climbed nearly 70,000 feet, beating the old mark of just under 65,000 feet.
“This goes to show to the world that we are not bullock cart drivers, but we can compete against the best of the world,” the balloonist said.
One of the balloon’s designers said the height will be determined by instruments sealed inside the capsule. Once verified by aeronautical groups, the findings will be submitted to Guinness World Records. The 67-year-old balloonist landed safely after a nearly five-hour flight inside a pressurized cabin suspended from the 160-foot-high, multicolored balloon. The flight was carried live on Indian national television.
“The exact height reached was 69,852 feet. This is subject to certification,” said Colin Prescott, one of two British designers of the balloon. The previous world record was 64,997 feet, set by Sweden’s Per Lindstrand in Plano, Texas, in June 1988. Hundreds of jubilant villagers crowded around the balloon to congratulate Singhania.
“When I broke the record, I was euphoric. I screamed quite loudly,” he said.
Singhania lifted off from downtown Bombay and landed safely on barren land near Panchale, a village about 150 miles south of Bombay.
Singhania, the chairman emeritus of the Raymond Group, one of India’s leading textile companies, also set a record for ultralight aviation 17 years ago when he flew 6,000 miles from Britain to India in 23 days.
“Elephants dancing”, night glow in Kungur 2015. Amazing closing ceremony of the Sky Fair 2015.
Winner drop of Task#24 in 40th French National Championship, Sablé-sur-Sarthe. Clément Siegeot droped 63 cm by gravity.
The FAI has released a new video featuring all air sports activities under the umbrella of the Federation. The 3-minute film succinctly presents the FAI sports and includes footage of FAI international records from Charles Lindbergh to Felix Baumgartner.
The video sequences have been selected from various sources to highlight the beauty and diversity of Aeromodelling, Aerobatics, Ballooning, Experimental Aircraft, General Aviation, Gliding, Hang Gliding and Paragliding, Microlights and Paramotors, Parachuting and Rotorcraft.
“With this new video we aim to pass the bug for air sports to as many people as possible; all our sports have the great advantage of being exciting not only to practice, but also to watch,” said Secretary General Susanne Schödel. “We also want to emphasise that the FAI is part of the epic history of aviation and air sports, having ratified over the years more than 17,000 records including those of Lindbergh, Gagarin, Armstrong, Piccard, Fossett and Baumgartner, to name but a few.”
Coastguard picks up 35-year-old whose balloon crashed 20km from islands at the centre of dispute between Japan and China.
A Chinese cook who tried to fly a hot-air balloon to islands claimed by both China and Japan has been rescued by Japan’s coastguard after crashing into the sea.
Xu Shuaijun, 35, crashed on Wednesday after hitting turbulence as he approached the islands, known in Japan as Senkaku and in China as Diayou, the coastguard said.
The coastguard received a missing-person report from Taiwanese officials, and a coastguard helicopter spotted Xu about 20km (12 miles) from the islands, it said.
He was picked up by a boat and later handed over to a Chinese patrol ship, according to the coastguard. His life was not in danger, although other details were not available.
The islands have been a sore point in bilateral relations for years, and nationalists from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong have occasionally tried to sail to them.
theguardian.com
Rokas Kostiuskevicius – who won the 1st Junior Wolrd Championship in last year – won the 18th Hot Air Balloon Championship in Wloclawek, Poland. His father, Rimas Kostiuskevicius got the silver medal and Ivan Ayala got the bronse medal who had the silver medal in the last European Championship.
The winners 18th Hot Air Balloon Championship
The veryyoung Dominic Berford finished on the 4th place, who know his family name well. Other results:
| 1 | 17 | Rokas KOSTIUSKEVICIUS | LTU | 14036 |
| 2 | 18 | Rimas KOSTIUSKEVICIUS | LTU | 13876 |
| 3 | 2 | Ivan AYALA ALCALDE | ESP | 13705 |
| 4 | 52 | Dominic BAREFORD | GBR | 13679 |
| 5 | 1 | Stefan ZEBERLI | SUI | 13305 |
| 6 | 71 | Peter OLSSON | SWE | 12989 |
| 7 | 30 | Bartosz NOWAKOWSKI | POL | 12764 |
| 8 | 13 | Uwe SCHNEIDER | GER | 12749 |
| 9 | 47 | Christoffer MUNDT | DEN | 12536 |
| 10 | 29 | Ivan MENYAYLO | RUS | 12509 |
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| 31 | 39 | David LINEK | CZE | 10225 |
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| 34 | 41 | Petr KUBICEK | CZE | 10114 |
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| 37 | 42 | Michael SUCHY | CZE | 9489 |
| 38 | 68 | Janos KONECSNI | HUN | 9395 |
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| 54 | 40 | Pavel KOSTRHUN | CZE | 8222 |
| 55 | 69 | Peter NAGY | HUN | 8192 |
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| 76 | 70 | Sandor VEGH | HUN | 5475 |
We had 5 flights and 18 tasks. The Event start with nice weather but the Autumn arrived after with fog and rain.
A short video about the by Tóth László.
