Ballonfahrt über Eisenach

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We meet at a gas station in Eisenach with Pascal Kreins of Kreins Ballooning. Our pilot Pascal has been with his 26 years already more than 300 hours with a balloon in the air. We first find a spot near Stockhausen and then back out to a meadow between Kahlenberg and Schönau.

Ballonfahrt Eisenach Aufbau des Korbes auf einer Wiese bei Schönau / Construction of the basket on a meadow in Schonau

Weather

However, we have to wait some time, as the wind is still very gusty. This was because of a retreating thunderstorm in the area north of Erfurt. Pascal observed this in realtime on the phone.

preparations

Then everything goes fast transition. lift and tip over the basket from the car trailer and unroll the sheath. The helper closes the shot above the balloon. The linkage to the basket for the burner is set up quickly. Only connect the gas cylinders. We as passengers hold on the lower opening and the cold filling begins. It is equipped with a fan simply air blown into the casing. Only when the balloon a proper shape and thus has a volume of air is started with the hot filling.

Ballonfahrt Eisenach Heißfüllung kurz vor dem Aufrichten des Ballons / Hot filling just before the erection of the balloons

The air is heated and at the same time blown further to the fan air into the shell. The warm air brings the envelope in the form. Shortly before rises the shell and thus the basket in an upright position to enter the first passengers. The pilot needs weight in the basket. The shell sits up and the burner snarls further hot air into it. Gradually, we all get on.

start

The basket is still attached to a rope on the car. I am the letze is signing up. I notice how the basket is easier. And as soon as I got my camera ready as triggers of Pascal from the interior of the basket, the rope from the car and it is quite fast upward.
We quickly 30 vertical meters achieved and the journey walked slowly to a height of about 500 meters through the Hörseltal Eisenach. Since we started late and the wind for sun sinking was becoming weaker not enough time to go over Eisenach.

change of direction

Through a climb to about 1500 meter, we changed the direction of travel in the north-east, that is, we headed for the Kindel. The new A4 motorway approached, before we had crossed the old route of the A4 in Wutha.
Ballonfahrt Eisenach wenn der Brenner faucht wird es ganz schön warm von Oben
Approximately between Großenlupnitz and Wenigenlupnitz we sink back down to around 500 meter and the journey back west.

landing

Then another deep drive over the houses of Stockhausen and on a little way behind the place we end up in. This I could not take pictures unfortunately because when landing all loose parts must be festverstaut. The balloon remains above the basket and some brought beckoned down Show Sly slide the basket after a short heating up across the lawn in the middle of the field and starts to degrade.

reduction

The balloon envelope is placed with a rope as long as possible on the lawn. Spread the warm air out of the case is once again a sweaty affair.
Ballonfahrt Eisenach Abbau der Hülle
the shell is quickly rolled up and the audience at the landing site are happy to help.

baptism

Compulsory Luftfahrer baptism with drink and strengthening has been no lack. Super experience!
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