At 15,000 feet over the Austrian Alps, January 2010, with Michael Kloss,Berthold Mayntz and Gerhard Weber

The reason why

My aerostatic baptism took place after my first flight with intrepid aeronaut 72 year old Dr. Hans Ulrich 'Uli' Reichert a.k.a. Graf Ulrich von Botnang, in G-BIIK "Staufenballon" at Chateau d'Oex in Switzerland in 1992.  The flight lasted just under two hours at an average speed of 5 kph and an altitude of 6,600 feet. Uli named me "Optical Air Chief" and wrote on my Aerial Baptism Certificate :

"To all those who can't  -  And all those who won't
  And all those who say  they will......and don't  -  This is to you - who did".

I have 15 years experience and hundreds of flight-hours working from HOT AIR BALLOONS for commercial sponsors and editorial clients.  I participate as official photographer in 'montgolfiades', balloon meetings and cross country rallies. I have covered events in Tunisia and the Sahara, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Portugal, Latvia, Austria, Germany and Antigua(West Indies) and hold a large stock of fabulous ballooning shots and aerial images. I have published and contributed to articles in Aerostat(GB), Atlantis(Portugal), Flygrevyn(Sweden), The Times and Sunday Independent  and Telegraph. Contact me for advice on balloon flights and adventures anywhere.



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