Success in Transalpine flights this Winter

Announcements and facebook reports with nice images arrived from our clients last month (pilot Michael Neukirchinger with big ride balloon, Nikolaj Galkin with a special shape Vostok, Richard Gratz with relatively small balloon 3.400 m³). Four Czech + five Austrian teams did such Complete Alpine Balloon Crossing in a formation flight under the leaership of Peter Flaggl last week of January. Flight details from one of them:

• Date: January 25^th
• Pilots: Michael Suchy, Libor Stana, Jan Suchy
• Balloon OK-1102, "BALONY.EU", type BB40Z
• Take off: Austria, St Johann in Tirol, 10:15
• Landing: Italy, Vazzala - Ramera, 13:45
• Distance: 195 km
• Altitude max: 5.610 m MSL
• Speed max: 111 km/h
• The leader of 9 balloons formation flight: Peter Flaggl

Czech winter balloon meet in Filzmoos, Austria - Event organizer: Lubos Hora