BALLOONING IN PORTUGAL

III Portugal Hot Air Balloon Transcrossing - March 1999

By Joop de Wilde

jdewilde@euronet.nl

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From 20th - 27th of March 25 balloons were drifting from Braganza in the north of Portugal to the Algarve in the south. Teams from Belgium, England, Germany, Kenya, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Switzerland, USA were present at the third Portugal Hot Air Balloon Transcrossing. The event was organised in close cooperation between the Portugese Ballooning Club and the Realisar company

Photograps By Tim Motion - England

Benoit Simeo takes off solo near Castle - Braganza

Balloons inflating in the morning - Castro Marin

Aerial photograph from the take-off from Braganza

Aerial photograph from Rudi Hofer's balloon. Flying over the Braganza landscape

Dawn take-off from Braganza

Night-glow at Braganza

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