Who We Are

Who - or what - is behind www.pinguballon.de? Here you can get to know the two balloon-crazy soft toy tamers who have been addicted to model ballooning since middle of the nineties.

Matthias Schlegel

Born on/in: October 12th / Pforzheim (Germany)
Lives in: Munich
Occupation: Graduate Engineer (Mech. Engineering)
Likes: ballooning, Anno 1503, Eire, Lord of the Dance, renaissance faires, winters with lots of snow, warm summer nights, sailing, ...
Dislikes: stress, superstition, colds, radio interferences, empty batteries, malfunctioning computers
Hobbies: going to balloon meetings, visiting renaissance faires, cycling, computer (homepage, Anno 1503, internet, ...), going out with friends
At www.pinguballon.de he is: pilot of the Penguin, event schedule planner, webmaster, moving spirit :-)

Werner Schlegel

Born on/in: March 9th / Ulm (Germany)
Lives in: Pforzheim
Occupation: Graduate Engineer (Communications Engineering)
Likes: Music: Mozart, Beethoven, Enya, M. Knopfler, Celtic Spirit
Dislikes: German Soccer League, car fetishists, rap, hiphop
Hobbies: hiking, cycling, hang gliding, paragliging, model planes, model balloons, photographing, filming, digital video editing
At www.pinguballon.de he is: pilot of the Cat, special shape designer, cameraman and director