2008 World Hot Air Balloon Championship

2008 World Hot Air Balloon Championship (Horfkirchen – Àustria). Ultramagic Racer pilots yet again take top 3 positions.

 

Position	Competitor	Country	Score	Balloon
1	MESSINES, François	France	10297	Ultra Magic Racer MV-77
2	MEDVEDSKY, Alexey	Russia	10138	Ultra Magic Racer MV-65
3	BOLZE, Stephane	France	10077	Ultra Magic Racer MV-77
4	PETREHN, Paul	USA	10066
5	HOWARD, Mike	Great Britain	10045
6	ZVADA, Joe	USA	9988
7	FUJITA, Yudai	Japan	9971	Ultra Magic Racer MV-56
8	OLSSON, Peter	Sweden	9887
9	MUIR, Lindsay	Great Britain	9851	Ultra Magic Racer MV-77
10	LIMA, Lupercio Barros	Brasil	9835
11	BROEDERS, Henk	Netherlands	9825	Ultra Magic Racer MV-65
12	PETROVIC, Radko	Slovenia	9807	Ultra Magic Racer MV-65
13	TIMMERS, Jan	Belgium	9498
14	FUJITA, Masahiko	Japan	9449	Ultra Magic Racer MV-65
15	KOHL, Adolf	Germany	9445	Ultra Magic Racer MV-65

Special mentions also to Yudai Fujita who finished in 7th place, Lindsay Muir in 9th place, Henk Broeders in 11th place, Radko Petrovic in 12th place, Masahiko Fujita in 14th place and Adolf Kohl in 15th place who were all flying Ultramagic Racers! 98 pilots took part in this strongly contested world championship completing 14 tasks. Truly a memorable competition. Well done everybody, but a special congratulations to François, Alexey and Stephan!

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