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Raluca Gruin
Hot-Air Balooning
Raluca Gruin
International Hot-Air Balloon Observer/Official
1999- Arbiter License of Air Navigator- Hot-Air Ballooning, Aero Club, Vienna/ Austria
Participant in over 25 national and international Hot-Air Balloon Championship as a referee official in Austria, Italy, Germany, Luxembourg, France, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Australia, Arab Emirates and The United States.
1999- World Hot-Air Balloon Championship in Bad Waltersdorf/Austria
2004- 10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship in Bitterfeld/Germany. Personal long distance flight record of 17-Hours starting in Bitterfeld, over Berlin/Germany, Poland and landed at the boarder-line with Whiterussia 2004 - World Hot-Air Balloon Championship in Mildura/Australia 2007 - 1st Arab Emirates Championship in Dubai/Emirates
1999-2010 Accomplished over 50 flights as a co-pilot and referee/competition official
Description
A workshop discovery adventure and great outdoor recreation for ALL dreamers!
Many people describe flying in a hot air balloon as one of the most serene, enjoyable activities they've ever experienced. In this session participants can experience the feeling of "Air Travelers" by receiving inside view to the basic principles of buoyancy, properties of gases, temperature, winds and the technology involved in hot air ballooning.
Knowledge and skills covered:
*Introducing the International Observer Competition Rules Manual
*What is a Hot Air Balloon Observer/Referee?
*Observer responsibilities during a competition
*Simulating Marker Drop Exercise
*Locating the Marker
*Measuring the Drop
*Reporting Rules and Ethical Violations
Equipment Presentation:
*Function and Usage
*Steps for Inflating the Balloon
Hands-on activity:
*Short distance anchored flights
Come and experience this amazing, thrilling, movingly colorful, beautifully awesome, incredible, breathtaking, unforgettable, peaceful feeling of unlimited FREEDOM while you are up there!
Experience the magic of ballooning!
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