Free flight at Borso del Grappa

Borso del Grappa is famous worldwide for free flight and it is the biggest free flight centre in Europe. Here people can fly more than 300 days per year, attracting to 40.000 tourists.

But what it feels like to be up there? Flight always means freedom, strong emotions but also tension, because it can be hard.

You have to wait for the right weather conditions and check every detail carefully. You could cover 200 km in a single flight sometimes, catching the right wind.

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It’s a vision, where am I? What are they doing? Here, Borso del Grappa is really famous for free flight We’re are at 8000 meters, where are we? Well not at 8000 meters but we’re in the clouds Still there are many pilots ready to go We’re very confident the weather will change So exactly where am I? Here there is the biggest free flight center of Europe Borso del Grappa is famous because, except today, here you can always fly We can fly more than 300 days per year So every pilot of Europe, but also from Japan, from all places in the world They come here because they know here they can always fly I want to ask you something even if I feel ashamed of saying it What it feels like to be up there, without any noise? Flight always means freedom Strong emotions but also tension To fly is not that simple like it seems when you watch it There is a lot of work behind Some have left Borso and have reached Slovenia by flight There are many difficult flights of 200, 250 km Using currents of hot air that permit you to fly The flight can be hard It is also a touristic attraction because people all over the world come here Yes they come from all over the world Even the Japanese 2-3 years ago they discovered this place and now they organize trips of 30, 40, 50 pilots They come from all Europe It is a touristic resource for the village I’m talking about 30-40.000 tourists per year in Borso Borso now is important That man is waiting since this morning That man has a considerable perseverance, it must be German He said that now it is impossible to fly, the weather doesn’t permit it But he want to fly And he will wait until he will do it Like planes lined up I go after him I tried guys I was ready, but it is impossible I still have to say: here you can see amazing things, if you fly in the right days I had bad luck This is the destiny of the tourist

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