{"id":7254,"date":"2019-04-17T09:41:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T08:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/lmab\/?p=7254"},"modified":"2019-04-17T09:41:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T08:41:56","slug":"100-days-left-before-gemab19-and-did-you-know-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/lmab\/en\/2019\/04\/17\/100-days-left-before-gemab19-and-did-you-know-that\/","title":{"rendered":"100 days left before #GEMAB19 and did you know that…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here we are, only 100 days left before the summer event! We enter the final stretch and here, on Chambley a\u00e9rodrome, things are speeding up. In about 3 months, the balloon city will be out of the ground, ready to welcome visitors, partners, media,… Team are on the starting blocks to make everything ready for the D day. A huge organization, for an event which is part of the 10 best events in France and which is proudly written in the Grand Est regional heritage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you a #GEMAB19 expert? If so, did you know that\u2026<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. The Mondial gets over 175 partners<\/strong>, who, thanks to their financial support, make the event possible. <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The free entrance and parking<\/strong> are one of the basis of the event. Both are offered by the Grand Est region to encourage social link.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. All hot air balloon pilots<\/strong> are certified, but the majority of them are flying as a hobby. Meaning that, outside of the hot air balloon sport, those men and women have their proper profession. Fun fact, among pilots presents at the event there is\u2026 a priest<\/strong>, hot air balloon passionate and loyal to the Mondial \ud83d\ude09 <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The Mondial gets people closer and creates link which sometimes go beyond friendship: the event has seen many unions created, and many marriage proposa<\/strong>l being pronounced on its ground. <\/span><\/li>\n
  5. On the Mondial, several balloons are equipped with a basket to host and transport disabled people<\/strong>, making the dream accessible to everyone<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Outside of morning and evening mass-ascents, a lot of entertainment<\/strong> are offered to the public on the ground: getting inside a balloon belly, demo of radio-controlled hot air balloons, water rocket, weather lab\u2019, astronomy workshops, for the younger ones, paper model balloons workshop and coloring, \u2026 Activities for all ages and interests. <\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Many inhabitants of Chambley and villages nearby are offering hospitality to pilots<\/strong> and their crews during the Mondial. A friendly gesture<\/strong>, basis of unforgettable memories and long-lasting friendships.<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. During an edition of the Mondial, we serve to the organization team 25 000 breakfasts, 50 000 coffees, 45 000 french croissants, 20 000 liters of water<\/strong>. It is also 175 kg of evacuated garbage, 25 km of electric cables, and all this with only 4 hours of sleep<\/strong> per volunteer and per night.<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. The event generates 28 millions euros of direct economic benefits<\/strong> for the local economy. It widely participates to develop and spread beyond borders the Grand Est region territory.<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Chambley aerodrome<\/strong> extends on about 456 hectars. It is a former military airfield<\/strong> of the Maginot Line, which has became American base<\/strong>, then property of NATO<\/strong> from 1957 to 1967, and finally rehabilitated by the region in an aerodrome<\/strong>. The hot air balloon airfield extends on 250 hectars which is equivalent to 344 football pitch<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Meeting from July 26th to August 4th on Chambley aerodrome to celebrate the event 30 years.<\/p>\n

    100 days left, be ready!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Here we are, only 100 days left before the summer event! We enter the final stretch and here, on Chambley a\u00e9rodrome, things are speeding up. In about 3 months, the balloon city will be out of the ground, ready to welcome visitors, partners, media,… Team are on the starting blocks to make everything ready for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/lmab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/lmab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/lmab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/lmab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/lmab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7254"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/lmab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7258,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/lmab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7254\/revisions\/7258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/lmab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/lmab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/lmab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/lmab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}