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In the beginning of May 2008, we visited the Eglofs Balloon Meeting in the Allgaeu for the first
time - and within a few hours already, we were really enthusiastic about this wonderful event!
Frank Schnelle from FEUERBALLON.DE was the first one to show his model balloon to the crowd on Thursday afternoon. |
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In the evening, the "big" balloonists could enjoy the event from up above.
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This balloon had a rather unusual freight: Four alphorn players were giving a little concert on board.
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Later, Sheep and Penguin conquered the sky above the Eglofs launch site.
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And we also took part in the night glow - Bastian with his Sheep and Matthias with his D-MINI.
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On Friday morning, all of the model balloonists had the chance to be in the baskets...
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... and could observe the magnificent Allgaeu from the sky.
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On Friday afternoon, we were in for the next highlight: A guided tour through the Zeppelin
hangar in Friedrichshafen, where the fourth Zeppelin NT was being assembled.
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A really interesting experience for all of the participants!
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The most interesting thing for Matthias and Basti of course was the 1:9 scale model of the
Zeppelin NT, which they had discovered in a corner of the hangar.
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In the evening, all balloons could take off from Eglofs again.
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Basti and his D-OABS highlighted the way to the evening barbecue...
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... spirits were running so high that eventually, Matthias and Basti started a downhill
race with two childrens' tractors ;-)
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Also on Saturday morning, the weather was fine again and the balloons could take off
one more time.
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The wind guided the teams towards the town of Wangen, so that many of the pilots and passengers
could enjoy a nice view of the medieval Old Town.
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In the afternoon, we took part in a fire fighter training. All interested pilots had the chance to
practice with extinguishers provided.
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Waiting for the evening flight: Basti, Matthias, organiser Helmut and Wolfgang (f.l.t.r.).
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On Saturday evening, the model balloons held a little night glow on the village sqare of Eglofs.
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The find weather lasted - the balloons could launch on Sunday morning again. Matthias unpacked
his solar balloon, and Basti had the chance to take a ride with the EnBW airship - so he could
watch Matthias' preparations from up above.
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The Black Pearl rises into a cloudless morning sky.
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Safe landing before the power line: Matthias didn't dare to cross that one...
This flight marked the end of a wonderful ballooning weekend for us - and one thing's for certain, next year we'll be back! :-) Special thanks to Babsi, Thomas and Wolfgang for the photos! |
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