Name: | Gerald Stürzlinger | Age: | 39 | Occupation: | software architect | Pilot since: | 1991 | Number of Hours: | 1200 |
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Previous Ballooning Awards and Competition Places: | 21st @ Worlds 2004 Austrailia; 21 @ Europeans 2005; 13th @ Worlds 2006 Japan |
| several 3rd places at the Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race |
| 2nd @ Pre-Europeans 2004 in Debrecen; 3rd @ World Balloon Trophy 07 (Luxembourg) |
Why do you like ballooning? | using natures possibilities to maneuvre i n three dimensions |
How did you start ballooning? | chasing balloons with my bike, building model balloons from paper and plastic foil, |
| building solar model balloons with the dream to make one man-carrying |
| then crewing for some pilots in Austria and in the US at Nationals, Worlds |
| bought a used balloon and made my pilots licence. |
Your most impressive experiences: | 80 hours gas balloon flight in 1995 from Wil, Switzerland to the Ukraine, |
| Crossing the Austrian Alps in Winter |
| 84 hours Gordon Bennett Gas flight from Belgium to Finland (landing close to Russian Border) |
