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100% Success – Seventeenth Igualada European Balloon Festival This year’s Igualada European Balloon Festival, held between the 10th and 14th of July was again something special but this time with the launch and first flight of the Ultramagic Friendship Balloon(see separate news sheet). A 100% flying record was attained with all 7 slots being flown. […]
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Ultramagic Friendship Balloon first flight Photo by Susanna Saez – www.susannasaez.com The Ultramagic Friendship Balloon had the first flight as planned on the morning of Saturday 13 July at the press launch event of the Igualada European Balloon Festival. Carles Lladó-Costa was the pilot and then it was flown by other pilots during the event. […]
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Swedish National Hot Air Balloon Championship 2013 Congratulations from the Worldwide Ultramagic Team! Congratulations from the worldwide ULTRAMAGIC team to Lars Ekstedt on winning the 2013 Swedish National Hot Air Balloon Championship. The competition was held in Dals Rostock in the Dalsland region of southern Sweden between April 27 and May 1. The competition suffered […]
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Nou rècord finlandès de distància en globus Congratulations to Markku Sipinen on an epic record breaking winter flight. New Finnish Distance Hot Air Ballooning Record (to be ratified) almost 500 kilometers flight taken from Rovaniemi to Virrat 23 March 2013. Markku Sipinen from Jyväskylä has achieved a new Finnish national hot air balloon distance record […]