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The world record for simultaneous take-off and lining up balloons mounted on the International Festival of Ballooning in France.
The protesters managed to simultaneously lift into the air balloon 343. This achievement is officially recorded court officers, specially arrived on the airfield Chambly, where the festival.
Fans of extreme sports are not able to climb into the sky on Monday because of "non-flying" weather, but finally installed air record, July 27. At the request of the authorities for security purposes in connection with the forecast of balloonists set up their hot air balloon at a distance of 30 meters apart, building them into three series. However, it is worth noting that about two dozen balloons are not included in the final credit record, as their pilots could not be accurately integrate into established lines. The festival will last until July 31.
The last world record was set in 2009, and also during the festival in Chambly. Then the fans were able to climb into the sky to build two rows of length 4.8 km 329 balloons.
International Festival of Ballooning is held at the former military base Chablis since 1989. In order to participate in it every two years in France come from more than 70 countries, and the number of spectators in the hundreds of thousands. Festival dedicated to the memory of these places native Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier, who in 1783 first took to the air in a basket ball, built the Montgolfier brothers.
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