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PRECISION FLYING
You had to be up early to catch these slow moving giants of
the sky in Dubai. Unlike hot air balloons, hot air airships have
a propeller, which means they can be flown around slalom and
line tasks. They move slowly, but with surprising precision.
Left and above, Wojtek Bamberski reaches out from his
airship cart to pick up a bottle of water – he has to place it on
to another table further down track.
ON THE MARK
Oscar Lindstrom, Sweden, drops a sandbag marker onto a
target in the line task
DAWN START
Rimas Kostouskevicius, Lithuania, ready to take off