The 4th september this year is a historical date for our company. Bill Arras became a world champion in Bad Waltersdorf.
He was flying with white balloon Kubicek Demo, which was renamed by his girlfriend to "White Light". The winning balloon
was in typical competition set: envelope BB22, basket K12, burner Komet.
This is the photo report on the important event.
Introducing all the system including the Komet burner to Bill Arras one week before the competition.
Because of bad weather Bill Arras had flown more training flights than the competition ones.
"White Light" starts his way to victory; except for just one flight it always got the target.
Both Kubicek demos - the "White Light" (Bill Arras) and OK-7083 (Michael Suchy) with the same design - were difficult to tell apart, not only to the visitors.
Famous competition number 99 - red Jeep with U.S. reg. no. and the winning Kubicek Demo on the trailer.
The winning moment: Saturday morning flight is canceled and Bill Arras becomes the winner. First congratulation, first interview.
OK-7079 - White Light was O.K. Bill Arras signs the pilots' identification cards.
The world champion together with the team of the other Kubicek demonstrator at his privat party at Arras's villa.
Bill puts the pictures of his winning balloon OK-7079 to the shoes of invited VIPs.
Price-giving ceremony - from the left: Gintaras Surkus (Cameron Concept), Bill Arras (Kubicek BB22), Uwe Schneider (Ultra Magic special competition balloon).
Bill's competition team; Bill's speech - the triumph for our company; "White Light" - one of the reasons of his victory.
Ladislav Crkva is getting a diploma for the 9th place - fantastic success of the Czech pilot. The second balloon Kubicek among the first ten balloons on the world!
Czech national balloon team at the fifth place in the rank of nations.
