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231 years ago…

231 years ago, on November 21st 1783, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier made the first human flight in a hot air balloon with the Marquis of Arlandes....

Lorraine honored in Mexico

The International Balloons Festival in León (Mexico) had invited the Lorraine region and LMAB® at the 14th edition of the event. In the city of 1.5...

European licenses pending

In April 2015, new European licenses should be created, and the requirement for schools and training centers to be in harmony with the new...

Winter training sessions

Autumn and winter are particularly favorable seasons for the theoretical training of aviation education. From November to January, 60 hours of...

“Night flight” training

Among the qualifications in demand by balloons pilots, there is one about “night flight”. In fact, it takes place over an hour before sunrise. The...

Less than J-300 before LMAB® 2015

The Pilâtre de Rozier team hurries up for everything to be perfect from July 24th to August 2nd, 2015 in Lorraine. For this 14th edition, the...

LMAB® 2015 poster

"Nowhere else..." is the slogan of LMAB® 2015. Finally...the poster! 365 days before the beginning, like you we are looking forward to it. Soon the...