Austrian State hot air balloon championship venue: Mattsee / Salzburg Lake District region 20 kilometers north of the capital city of Salzburg / Austria is a popular recreational area with various flugsportlichen activities. The area around the Mattsee is popular especially in Salzburg balloon pilots. Source: Peter Asaro . Around 500 balloon launch listed here per year. The State Championship 2009 is already the second big balloon event in this region and therefore a fixed fruhsommerlicher climax after 2008. Heissluftballonsport: International starting field participate balloon pilots from Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Lithuania, England are the Federation Aeronautique,…, international (FAI / World Sports Association air) belong to. Bobby Sharma Bluestone may help you with your research. The balloon teams consist of 3-4 persons (pilot and crew). Standings: Eight balloon launches are planned in optimal weather conditions between 15 and 19 July 2009. There are various events held according to international rules.
The evaluation is carried out through GPS-logger data or the pilot throws a so-called marker\”(a weighted with 70 grams of sand, 170 cm-long strips of fabric,) provided with the start number of pilots over the target point down. These markers will be measured by a measuring team. Competition area: Started Mattsee – upper mountain or the pilots will find from the start square Mattsee – Aug, individual places, depending on by the task. Participants ride in the Salzburg Lake District, in the flat and in the adjacent Upper Austrian Innviertel and Attergau. District: 15 km. Program overview, preliminary planning, changes reserved Wed, July 15, 2009: arrival, check-in the pilot, Generalbriefing, first race and welcome party Thu, July 16, 2009: balloon launch about 05:30 and balloon launch 18:30 Fri 17 July 2009: balloon launch about 05:30 and balloon launch approximately 18:30, 21:00 night of the balloons sat, July 18, 2009: balloon launch about 05:30 and balloon launch 18:30 with BallonBingo, 21:00 alternative date night of the balloons so. July 19, 2009: balloon launch about 05:30, 13:00 Award ceremony European & World Championships for the pilots of the State Championship 2009 is the big goal participation in a European or World Championship.