We will have to wait a little for a longer period. The launch of the 6th Chartres Montgolfiade, scheduled for Friday 9 September, has been postponed thanks to lousy weather conditions.
The initially balloon take-offs ended up to begin with scheduled for 6:30 pm this Friday from the Chartres airfield site, but inevitably the balloons will continue being on the ground.
5th Montgolfiade: 25 warm-air balloons illuminate the skies of Chartres
“There will be no flights tonight. The temperature disorders are not very good. There is way too much wind and instability,” points out the organizer of the event, Sébastien Mary.
The celebration, which will operate right up until Sunday 11 September, could start out on Saturday 10 September, but nothing at all has been determined nonetheless. “For now, it is unsure. We count on to get the temperature report tomorrow early morning to obtain out if the balloons will just take off at 7:15 or fewer,” adds Sébastien Mary.
5th edition of the Montgolfiades: only 5 balloons in the sky of Chartres, this Friday evening
The commencing program also contains flights at 6:30 pm on Saturday 10 September, then at 7:15 am and 6:30 pm on Sunday 11 September. “We’ll see. The climate ought to be a lot more favorable on Sunday,” hopes the organizer, who welcomes balloon pilots from all above France and even Belgium.
Only professionals, companions and their attendees can practical experience this knowledge in the air. As before long as the balloons take off, the public will be capable to admire this spectacle for free of charge from rue du Médecin-Général-Beyne, in close proximity to Chartrexpo, wherever it is a good idea to park.
Elena Bonnet
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