Fantastic opportunity !!

Son S, had the honour of piloting the 300th flight of the Friendship Balloon, registration EC-LXL over the Pilanesberg National Park in  South Africa this morning.

" The balloon was born with the concept as:- 'Handover Balloon' with the idea that this balloon will be shared among many different pilots who make a record of their flight, when they have made the flight and in what place. It is then 'handed over' to the next pilot. This movement of the balloon and the hand over data will be recorded in the Flight Log of the balloon as well as on the website so that it can be followed by all of the friends made through the balloon as the years pass by.
We will try with this unique balloon experience to create a new Guinness World Record by becoming the balloon having been flown by the largest number of different pilots and once only each time.
We expect the Friendship Balloon will become a special symbol in the world of ballooning, and we hope that pilots worldwide will see it as a special honour to be able to fly the balloon"


Extra pics includes other taken this morning, as well as a screen grab of S's flight track.

Visit http://ultramagicfriendship.com for details of the project.