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Up, up and away in the beautiful Golden Province! It's almost blast-off time for numerous colourful balloons taking to the sky in the annual South African Hot Air Balloon Championships outside Bethlehem.
BAFSA organizes the championships which are run in accordance with the requirements and rules of the Commission Internationale d'Aerostation (CIA), the ballooning section of the FAI. The SA ballooning champion may compete in the bi-annual world championships. BAFSA regularly send a representative to the annual CIA meetings and also vote on the ballooning issues. BAFSA assist visiting international pilots with loan equipment, customs clearance and the arrangement of transport and accommodation when competing in the South African championship.
South African Hot Air Balloon Championships 2009
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