Hot air engagement
Congratulations to Nell and Danette on their engagement! May blessings and good times fill your lives and may you enjoy your happily ever after!
Armandt & Amy, thank you for braving the early morning hours and chilly Magaliesburg for the second time! Atleast mother nature behaved herself this time! 
Zelda treated hubby Ivan… lucky hubby!! (P.S Ivan you do realize that you owe Zelda a big present now???)
Beautiful things happen when you least expect them… you meet people who change your life… you see the wonders of this earth and realize how small you really are… you see the Sun peek over the mountains and it reminds you that every dark night ends with a stunning sunrise…
Interesting Historical facts about Hot Air Ballooning
- The first balloon that launched was called “Aerostat Reveillon, and was piloted by Pilatre De Rozier, a scientist on the 19th of September 1783 and his passengers were a duck, a rooster and a sheep.
- The birth of hot air ballooning came about in the centre of Paris on 21 November 1783 and was made by two brothers Jospeh and Etienne Montgolfier. The balloon was in the air for a total of 20 minutes.
- A swiss scientist called Auguste Piccard was the first to achieve a altitude of 52,498 feet setting the new record – now the race was on to see who could reach the highest point.
- Richard Branson was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a hot air balloon and flew 2,900 miles in a record breaking time of 33 hours.
- For the last 50 years Hot air ballooning has evolved from burning materials onboard to helium and gas as this makes the flight safer and more reliable.
Why don’t you phone us and come see for yourself what “experience” we are talking about?
