Wednesday, March 03, 2010

A Weekend of Everything That Flies (1 of 2)

There is something in the air that day... and I don't mean those cheesy stuff of emotional rides and anticipations. But... literally, there is something, err, a lot of things in the air that day.

The 15th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta was held February 11-14 at the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga. It was organized by awesome celebrity pilot Captain Joy Roa of Asian Air Safari (if you do not know him, he has the voice of Paolo Abrera and the face of Lou Veloso).

I drove of early Saturday morning traversing SCTEX but unfortunately, I missed the Hot Air Balloon Flight scheduled very early in the morning. Although I missed the main event, there were other activities that day that will keep your eye in the sky like paragliding exhibitions, ACFC Ultralight / Microlight Aircraft Formation Flights & Flour Bombing, AFP/Civilian skydiving exhibition, helicopter flight display, light aircraft balloon-bursting Competition, Philippine Coast Guard Rescue Demonstration, kite flying exhibitions, paragliding exhibition and the hot air balloon night glow. Having missed the hot air balloon flight, I am keenly anticipating the latter. Here are some shots of the event:

The Weekend Crowd


Daddy's Little Girl


Chopper and Mount Arayat


Fluorescent Marshalls


Colorful Kites


Mini Plane... Show-Off


Parachute Man


Bringing Military Closer to People


Gliding on Air


More on paragliders and amazing show on land and air in part 2 on my next post.

22 took the journey:

vinzent said...

Never been to that festival but I surely want to experience one. The last shot is just awesome.

the donG said...

nice. ganda nung unang shot at yung may seahorse. sulit pa rin ang paghabol.

gillboard said...

wala pang balloons? yun yung hinahanap ko... hehehe

Chyng said...

More more!(ataters mode)

Mark Kreider said...

Lovely colorful photos. The first and last of the series are standouts!

Photo Cache said...

Love the first image Counselor. That's a skywatch shot if I ever seen one.

witsandnuts said...

The first photo is outstanding. I've never been and never snapped shots of some event like this. I hope it will coincide in one of my vacations there.

Nanaybelen said...

ang cute naman yung kite. seahorse..

Uno said...

the last pis is a stand-out. more.

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sheng said...

Ang ganda nung shot na may seahorse plus yung last photo. I hope i can experience that too.

Sidney said...

Hmmm...confess that you slept too long in the morning ! :-0
Biro lang!
Nice pictures... I should go back next year !

bw said...

nice pics..what a treat... kites, airplanes and skydivers... all in one place :)

Gwendolyn L said...

What a beautiful set of images. I really like the last one the best. Nice colors. Thanks for sharing

Trotter said...

Hi Norman! Wonderful post. The first sky is awesome!!

Blogtrotter 2 is missing your comments in Haiti. Hope you enjoy and have a great weekend!!

Thelostrays said...

I like your blog...very nice photos...looking forward to seeing more!

Happy Trails said...

like the last photo, the mt. arayat plus the paraglider. nice capture.

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

LS: They certainly had the air full of fun equipment.

D Fat Man said...

Ang saya naman nito. Hope to witness that someday. Lapit lang yan sa Manila di ba?

Anonymous said...

i enjoyed very much reading your blog with the amazing captures....you're really a great photographer....like all the shots...thanks for sharing....that made me feel i actually join the crowd....

Raft3r said...

ang ganda ng kuhang ito!

Raft3r said...

yun unang pix ang ibig kong sabihin
=)