2007 Switzerland Hot Air Balloon Festival

www.emmentaler-ballonwoche.ch

March 2007

Saturday Mar 24 PM
2 Balloons

Sunday Mar 25 AM
Above The Clouds

The Alps from above the clouds in a balloon!

Back down below the clouds, exact same valley as Saturday's flight

Sunday Mar 25 PM
3 Balloons

Castle Trachselwald
County Government Offices
(Picture taken as we flew by)

Monday Mar 26 AM
4 Balloons
Flying in the 'gorge' closer to the Alps

Monday Mar 26 PM
~40 balloons
First flight of the festival

View of the Alps from above the haze level (aprox 6500 ft)

Tuesday Mar 27 AM
~30 balloons
Nice flight, hazy morning, not many pictures

Tuesday Mar 27 PM
Nice evening

The Jaegermeister Balloon

Wednesaday Mar 28 AM
Nice morning flight

Jon Radowski in Jack Klein's balloon ALASKA
Wednesday's Competition
2nd Place Jon Radowski
6th Place Uli Krahenbuhl

Wednesday Mar 28 PM
Thunderstorms in the forecast, clouds building, flight canceled
EIGHT flights in a row! Not bad for a balloon vaction in Switzerland!

Thursday Mar 29 AM
Nice morning flight
Started to sprinkle at the end of packup

Thursday's Competion
4th Place Keith Sproul
6th Place Nick Blaser
8th Place Jon Radowski
11th Place Uli Krahenbuhl

Jon Radowski got to fly a brand new balloon

Thursday Mar 29 PM
Rained out, Thunderstorms in the distance, sprinkles at launch site

Friday Mar 30 AM & PM
Canceled, bad forecast, we get to sleep late

Saturday Mar 31 AM
Snowed last night, beautiful morning, VERY slow
Finally got to fly the Blue/White Tetrahedron

Balloon Prints in the Snow: Note 4th from bottom is triangle shaped

Clouds in the valley

Saturday Mar 31 PM
A few balloons flew, most did not, too windy

Sunday Apr 1 AM
Beautiful Morning
A little hazy

Sunday Apr 1 PM
One last flight
A little windy, then very variable winds at landing
Pictures by Jon Radowski