Skydiving daredevil Felix Baumgartner is more than halfway toward his goal of setting a world record for the highest jump. Baumgartner lifted off yesterday (Thurs) for a test jump from Roswell, N.M., aboard a 100-foot helium balloon. He rode inside a pressurized capsule to 71,581 feet — 13.6 miles — and then jumped. He parachuted […]
The annual international BP-Gas Balloon Trophy race will take place just south of Salzburg, Austria in the village of Filzmoos from 14 to 21 January 2012. The event attracts around 40 balloon teams every year from all over the world. The night of the balloons will take place on 15 January 2012. As the colourful […]
Prosecutors decided to abandon investigations against a young man whose zeppelin-like aircraft travelled across Europe without permission. The art student lost control of the balloon during a presentation in Linz, Upper Austria, last May. The 40-metre long aircraft reached an altitude of over 14,000 metres when it flew across the Austrian-Slovenian border. It was spotted […]
A multimillion-Euro project masterminded by Red Bull may get underway as planned after a lawsuit would have almost ended the endeavour at an early stage. The Austrian energy drink producer announced today (Mon) that it reached an out of court settlement with Daniel Hogan. The American claimed he approached the Salzburg-based company with the idea […]
An Austrian extreme sports athletes attempt to jump out of a balloon in from an altitude of 36 kilometres has been postponed after a businessman claimed he was robbed of his idea.Daniel Hogan launched legal action against Red Bull. The American entrepreneur claims he approached the Austrian energy drink producer with the idea of breaking […]
Four hot-air balloon passengers had a narrow escape after getting stuck in a group of trees this morning (Thurs).Fire-fighters in Lower Austrias Horn district said the balloon got entangled 10 metres in the air in a group of trees located between the towns of Wollmersdorf and Zettlitz during a failed landing attempt.None of the passengers […]