VIAJES EN GLOBO

If they cannot be steered, how can hot air balloons compete?

As we have seen before, pilots do have control of climbing and descending and will use the wind directions at different altitudes to manoeuvre the balloon, something that may sound impossible. Instruments such as GPS, intuition and skills may help them with their purpose. All the tasks are based on the abilty of the pilots […]

Why is there a champagne toast after the flight?

The first aeronauts in history were Jean-Francois Pilâtre de Roziers and le marquis d’Arlandes, after flying over Paris in 1783 they celebrated their achievement with a champagne toast. The tradition still stands to this day, wherever there is a hot air balloon flight ,the crew and passengers will toast champagne afterwards. In Spain we have […]