Balloons ARE back!
The balloons are back in the sky! After a long break due to winter and quarantine, Vilnius is ready to color the sky with the hot air balloons again. Often dubbed balloon capital, the city will host probably the first international championship worldwide in 2020. While most of the national and international competition were cancelled or postponed, Lithuanian ballonists are ready to boost up their fighting spirit and inflate the balloons not only for sightseeing from above but also for competing!
On June 11-14, Lithuanian capital hosts Vilnius open hot air balloon championship. More than 20 pilots from Lithuania and Latvia will compete. Weather permitting, they will take of five times – just after the sunrise and before the sunset. Almost 15 other pilots will participate in fiesta, in other words, they will fly without a goal to win.
Vilnius showed the whole world how to open a huge outdoor cafe even during the quarantine, now it’s time to reach the sky! Soft landings for everyone!
SCHEDULE
THURSDAY - June 11th
- 18:00 – General briefing @ Vingio parko Estrada
- 19:00 – Grand Opening. Sport part briefing
- 20:00 – 22:00 Evening flight
FRIDAY- June 12th
- 04:30 – Morning briefing @ Vingio parko Estrada
- 05:00 – 08:00 Morning flight
- 18:30 – Evening briefing @ Vingio parko Estrada
- 20:00 – 22:00 Evening flight
SATURDAY - June 13th
- 04:30 – Morning briefing @ Vingio parko Estrada
- 05:00 – 08:00 Morning flight
- 18:30 – Evening briefing @ Vingio parko Estrada
- 20:00 – 22:00 Evening flight
SUNDAY- June 14th
- 05:00 – 08:00 Reserved morning flight
- 13:00 Closing ceremony and award of Winners @ Leičių Bravore (Didžioji g. 18)
Event participants
Sport
| Nr | Pilotas | Balionas |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tadas Gegevičius | LY - OEU |
| 2 | Renata Narbutė | LY – OEK/LY – BDY |
| 3 | Vytas Kerdokas | LY – OES |
| 4 | Laurynas Komža | LY – OEQ |
| 5 | Kęstutis Petronis | LY – OCN |
| 6 | Gintautas Mockaitis | LY - ODL |
| 7 | Martynas Lyčius | LY – CIA |
| 8 | Justinas Čižius | LY – OGF |
| 9 | Inga Ūle | YL - 024 |
| 10 | Žydrūnas Kazlauskas | LY - AWW |
| 11 | Vytautas Junevičius | LY – OCK |
| 12 | Danielius Komža | LY - BES |
| 13 | Saulius Jezepčikas | LY - OAE |
| 14 | Dovydas Vaitkevičius | OK – 1346/OK - 1356 |
| 15 | Adam Mikelevic | LY – BDZ |
| 16 | Lukas Mikelevic | LY – BDB |
| 17 | Vytautas Sviderskis | LY - MBU |
| 18 | Giedrius Vaitulevičius | LY – OCQ |
| 19 | Marek Dravnel | LY – BDR |
| 20 | Rokas Kostiuskevicius | LY – RRV |
| 21 | Rimas Kostiuskevicius | LY – BTB/LY – OMS |
| 22 | Julija Romanovskaja | LY - OCD |
| 23 | Vytautas Rudžianskas | LY - OPA |
Fiesta
| Nr. | Pilotas | Balionas |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Marius Naujalis | LY-OFL |
| 25 | Tomas Katinas | LY-OFB |
| 26 | Dainius Balčius | LY-STA |
| 27 | Tomas Varkalis | LY- NED |
| 28 | Giedrius Leškevičius | LY- LUX |
| 29 | Romanas Mikelevičius | LY - OEP |
| 30 | Maciej Mikelevic | LY - ODQ |
| 31 | Vytautas Samarinas | LY – ORE/ LY - BER |
| 32 | Alfredas Reikertas | LY – BDP/ LY - RHL |
| 33 | Tomas Olevsonas | LY - BLN |
| 34 | Albertas Kerdokas | LY - OFK |
| 35 | Mindaugas Juozauskas | LY - OGA |
| 36 | Alfredas Vauras | LY - OAM |
| 37 | Arnis Gegevičius | LY - VNO |
| 38 | Valdas Daukševičius | LY - ODL |
Engine
Robertas Komža
Julius Venskus
Jolanta Šuopytė
Audra Rukšaitė
Lina Zajančkauskienė
Jolanta Malakauskienė
Valdas Dienas
Simonas Jakubauskas
Giedrė Katinienė
Aušra Venskienė
Emilė Andriuškevičiūtė
Gytė Andriuškevičiūtė
Viktorija Juozienėnė
Mantas Juozėnas
Mindaugas Juozauskas
Andrius Čabanas
Eglė Zicari
Arnis Gegevičius
Mykolas Grybovas
Vilnius Hot Air Balloons 2020, Lithuania
Vilnius is still standing as the hot air balloon capital of Europe!
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