Some
people are not flying, they are ballooning...
That
was quite an event, the 4th Tegernsee Valley Montgolfiade.
And of course Mike Küng took great pride in taking part for the
fourth time. The sky above Tegernsee Valley was dotted with 30
balloons from all over Europe. On Saturday,
Mike Küng was hanging from one of the baskets. Cameraman Alex
Kaiser was strapped to the balloon envelope to be able to
film the whole affair.
It
took just a few minutes to get the balloon and its strange
passengers positioned above the Tegernsee shore. There is
absolute silence when you jump from a balloon and you feel like meditating.
Jumping from a helicopter means all rush and noise
and wind, but balloon jumps are quite different, all peace and quiet.The
only noise you might hear is the hissing sound of the burner.
When
they had reached an altitude of 1.000 m, Mike ignited
a smoke cartridge and jumped. Within fractions of a second the glider
was completely open and Mike performed his spectacular show above
the enthusiastic spectators. At high speed Mike used
the orange smoke to draw his dynamic arco manoeuvres onto the bright
blue sky. To finish his show, Mike landed right in front of the spectators.
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