Malaysian Sport Aviation Federation (MSAF) and AKA Balloon Sdn Bhd will be co-organising the 1st Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2009 on the 19th until 22nd of March. MSAF was formed in May 2003 and AKA Balloon’s (registered MSAF member) managing director, Khairudin Abdul Rani, is the Vice President for Lighter Than Air.
The Fiesta
Date: 19 - 22 March 2009
~ Flying the Hot Air Balloon is dependent on the weather; whereby the wind has to be calm and the sky is clear
~ The weather forecast in March for Putrajaya is suitable for flying hot air balloons
~ The weather forecast in March for Putrajaya is suitable for flying hot air balloons
Venue: Putrajaya
~ The Fiesta will be held at Precinct 2, Putrajaya adjacent to the ‘Monumen Alaf Baru’
Number of Hot Air Balloons: 25
~ 20 standard shaped hot air balloons
~ 5 special shaped hot air balloons
~ 20 standard shaped hot air balloons
~ 5 special shaped hot air balloons
Participating countries
Pilots from 19 countries have been invited to participate in the Fiesta namely;
Australia, Belgium, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Philippines, Switzerland, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom and United States of America.
In general experienced and skilled hot air balloon pilots around the world especially form Europe and Asia, are invited to participate in such Fiestas.
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