1991 my first balloon flight
My first flight at airfield Ringheim/Aschaffenburg.
Always after a first flight there’s a “baptism” with Champagne and them a bit of hair burnt off. You then get a fancy name. Mine was:
“Dorrie, Verwalterin des Kleingedruckten, Prinzessin des dunstigen Sonnenaufgangs zu Großostheim über Aschaffenburg bis Schirnborn“
Preparing for a take-off:
We often had to start in the early morning because any kind of thermals would be critical.
This log was at one of my landing places: On this flight was a former American balloon pilot, Craig Leyda, a Col. At the American Base, as a guest.
One of my many training “flights” with the D-EUROPA
My trainer was Thorsten Koch and with his balloon which I flew many times.
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Some of my ground crew:
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