In March two exceptional flights of Kubicek balloons were registered.Revaz Uturgauri set two new national records in Georgia and two weeks later Petr Kubicek achieved the longest flight duration in Czech Republic ever.
Georgian National records in flight distance and duration | |
Date: | March 2, 2009 |
Balloon: | Kubicek BB26Z |
Take-off: | Khevsursopeli |
Landing: | corn field near the Georgia-Azerbayan border |
Flight distance: | 98,9 km |
Flight duration: | 4 hours 17 minutes |
Pilot comment: | The flight was performed under difficult conditions in a mountainous region. It was seriously complicated by the military situation, since flying over the occupied parts of our country is not possible. |
Czech record in flight duration | |
Date: | March 15, 2009 |
Balloon: | Kubicek BB34Z |
Flight distance: | 115 km |
Flight duration: | 7 hours 25 minutes |
Pilot comment: | The most complicating fact during the flight was to check the weather on the ground, because it's very difficult to guess from FL60 where we've been |