Zeigalles

panoramic photography by Jürgen Schrader

Bad Wiessee, Wintermontgolfiade 2007

An extraordinary winterpanorama, shot from midair right over lake Tegernsee.

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Background information 30. Januar 2007

The annual Wintermontgolfiade is one of the biggest and most exciting events in the Bavarian Alps.
During five days 50 teams get their balloons and airships into the winter skies.
I took a ride on the Airovision hot air airship to get this stunning panorama.

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Airship assembly #1 25. Januar 2007

That’s what it looks like when they start assembling the whole stuff.

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The envelop is about 40 m long.

 

Airship assembly #2

They fix the envelop to the cockpit and blow in some 3.000 m³ of air.

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Airship assembly #3

Now, that get’s really impressive. The rudder is 12 m high.

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Ascending balloon

It’s really striking to see how smooth and quiet these giants take off.

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Balloons galore.

With almost 50 teams to start there were take offs every few minutes.

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