The AM briefing had been cancelled at 4:55 - the PM briefing will be held at 16:45. It is going to be a fantastic day - for tourism ... or sailing.
Sunrise at Landschapspark Orveltermarke 7:18
Weather: Fantastic - Wind: "Terrible"
At 4: 30 this morning the sky is clear and the stars are visible, however a low with high winds is dominating the area. The ground winds are 10 knots (18,5 km/h) gusting up to 16 knots and in 500 ft the wind is 17 knots. Forecast is 11 knots on the ground, 16 knots in 250 ft and 21 knots in 500 ft. Measured (4:33): 34,9 knots in 949 ft / gemessen: 35 Knoten Wind in ca. 320 m Höhe über Grund. Time to list some Favorites of this Competition
3rd FAI Women’s European Hot Air Balloon Championship 2015
Willkommen in Orveltermarke! Welkom in Orveltermarke!
From 14 to 19 september 2015 the 3rd FAI Woman’s European Hot Air Balloon Championship 2015 will be held in Drenthe, the Netherlands.
The main location of this competition is the GreenPark Landal Orveltermarke.
This is a private blog. It should give you all the informations about and around the 3rd Women's Balloon Championship in Europe. You will find a lot of photos, some clips on YouTube and all interesting links.
You fill find here the hours and locations where the competition is supposed to take place. The last updates and results of the morning and afternoon briefing will be posted [here] and on my Twitter channel. QR-Codes are in preparation and will be posted on this side.
The Dutch balloon pilot Sanne Haarhuis, competitor of the 1st World Championship and the 3rd European Championship, crew member of the 2nd European Championship. The copilot is Caroline Splinters, who will be pilot like Sanne in 2015.
A nice video clip, but not our actual weather - with Sanne & Caroline.
The blog was posted by Rudolf H. Boettcher, Frankenthal (Pfalz). All photos are under my copyright.
If you are interested in uncropped photos, please feel free to post a link on this blog. Post a comment or send me your link and photo wishes by eMail. Link to follow
