Southern Germany Model Balloon Contest Altötting 2006 |
After four long years, finally we met at Altötting again - three times in a row,
the balloon meeting had to be cancelled because of bad weather. And it almost seemed
like the sun wanted to apologize for something this year ;-)
On Saturday morning, the big balloons got ready for the start. |
And the 'small ones' were also there: Jakob Kaiser was allowed to fly Daddy's
Gosau Balloon.
However, we didn't manage to carry out a competition, as there were only few participants, and the challenge trophy also remained absent (hello Bernd... *g*). Of course, we enjoyed the wonderful autumn weather nevertheless. |
Red rabbit in green grass: The passengers of the big balloons enjoyed the view on
Frank Schnelle's "Fire Bunny".
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Up, up and away: Bastian Schwarz shows the way with his D-OABS balloon.
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There's plenty of two things at the Altötting area: Small rivers and large maize
fields. With the afternoon thermal dragging the model balloon back and forth, chasing
the balloon can become quite exhausting.
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Happy landings: The Penguin has managed to go down safely behind the maize field.
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Like cowboys in the sunset: Matthias and Basti return from the evening flight.
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Now onto the wheat beer! *ggg*
Rumours say, that several under way model balloon projects could be seen at Altötting... but as we are professionals, we won't tell a thing until they're finished! ;-) |
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