While the skies of America and Europe were no strangers to hot-air balloons from as early as the late 1960s, the history of ballooning in the Grand Duchy did not begin until 1974, when five longtime friends and amateur pilots – Poully Emering, Alfi Feltes, Jang Sauber, Norri Theisen and Pit Thibo – decided to switch from aeroplanes to balloons and founded the Commune Aérostatique du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg. They had no idea just how much their association would shape Luxembourg’s aviation culture.
