2008-10-02
See you at the world championship 2010 in Hungary!
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And the winner is...
2008-09-20
Final result:
1. Francois Messines, France
2. Alexey MEDVEDSKY, Russia
3. Stephane Bolze, France
Austrian pilots
28. Helmut Pöttler
46. Andreas Simoner
62. Stürzlinger Gerald
FLIGHT CANCELLED
last flight
Briefing is over and the pilots are starting for the last flight. They have to fly a fly in and a hesitation waltz. Everything can still change: only 500 points difference between the top ten.
2008-09-19
morning 4. flight
The balloons took offagain this morning and they hadto fly 4 tasks: pilot declared goal, hesitation waltz, minimum distance double drop and elbow.
After 3 flights with 10 tasks Stefan Zeberli from Suisse is first, second Michael Suchy from the Czech Republic and third Francois Messines from France.
The three Austrian pilots are on place 11 (Pöttler Helmut), 45 (Simoner Andreas) and 60 (Gerald Stürzlinger).
2008-09-18
Reults from task #3 - #7 from the morning flight:the scoring work is still under progress
evening: 3rd flight
The weather in the evening was again perfect and the pilots had to fly in tricky wind conditions a Fly In and two hestitation waltz. The austrian pilot Helmut Pöttler is with 9,09m on the second place at the Fly In behind the japanese pilot Masumoto Yoshihiro with 7,40m.
morning: 2nd flight
we had perfect weatherconditions this morning; there were set 5 tasks: Fly in, Crat, hesitation waltz, hesitation waltz and land run
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more pictures: http://www.bluebird.fr/whab2008-pictures/
2008-09-17
2nd flight flight was cancelled due to strong wind
Pictures of the 1. flight:
2008/17/09 (2008-09-17)
Up we go!
Our pilots launched at 6:30 a.m. for their first competition; they have to fly a double task: hesitation waltz, hesitation waltz.
2008/16/09 (2008-09-16)
Tuesday: The morning briefing (05:30) was cancelled.
Brewery Tour for pilots, crew and officials planned.
For more information / registration come to the briefing tent at 11:00 (a.m) local time.
2008-09-15
monday: Both flights were canceled due to rain!
2008-09-14
The 18. FAI Hot Air Balloon Championship has started!
sunday morning: The flight was canceled due to rain!
sunday evening: The flight was canceled too!
Pictures of the opening event:
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News
2008-08-20
The official WM song in online. You can get the song here.
August 12, 2008
Dear Pilots,
we have uploaded the maps (with and without targets) for you to download. Please follow this link to download them.
Attention: Please keep in mind, that only registered and logged on users (pilots or officials) can download these maps.
2008 May, 27
The official promotional video for the FIA Hot Air Balloon Championships 2008 is online. Click here to watch.
2008 April, 15
Photos of the "Styrian Festival" in Vienna you can find here.
2008 April, 07
Photos of the CIA Conference in Salzburg you can finde here.
2008 March, 1
The official signation video is online. You can find it here.
2008 Feb. 13
An accomodation-list you can find here.
2008 Feb. 07
The registration is online. register....
You can find the help for the registration here.
There is also a new guestbook.
2007 Dec. 22
The official inviation for the Hot Air Balloon World Championship 2008 is online. You can find it here.
2007 Dec. 22
The gallery of the Pre World Championship is online. You can find it here.
