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World stars at Pre Worlds 2025 in Krosno

  • Date added: 06.12.2024 00:12



Two weeks after the launch of online registration, which this year is conducted via the world-famous ballooning portal watchmefly.com, 32 pilots from all over the world registered to take part in the Krosno competition. Among the names that will appear in Krosno at the turn of April and May 2025 are the greatest names and true aces of ballooning.

In the City of Glass you will be able to admire Johnny Petrehn - 2-time World Champion (Tochigi, Japan and Debrecen, Hungary), 4-time United States Champion. The American participated in countless competitions around the world (Austria, Slovenia, Brazil, Italy, USA, Australia, Switzerland, Spain), in which he repeatedly stood on the podium.

In the Krosno sky we will also see Tomasz Filus - 2024 World Vice-Champion from Szeged (Hungary). The young pilot from Poland has many successes - winner of the Masurian Balloon Competition 2024, 2023, 2022, runner-up of the 40th Polish Championship 2024, runner-up of the Jura Balloon Cup 2022, winner of the Eastern Europe Cup 2019 and many others. Participant of the 22nd, 23rd and 24th World Championship and the Junior World Championship in 2012, 2014 and 2016. Currently number 9 in the FAI ​​world ranking.

Thomas Kindermann-Schoen, a top competitor from Austria, will also face the winds of the Dukla Pass. 4th place at the 2022 World Championship in Murska Sobota, 9th place at the 2024 World Championship in Szeged.

In turn, Brazilian Fabio Passos has already flown in Poland twice - he took 4th place in the 2021 Junior World Championship, and also won the 33rd Enea Leszno Balloon Cup. He has been ranking high in his country for several years.

The Krosno May Day 2025 will certainly be one of the most "international". However, this is only an introduction to the 2026 Balloon World Championship also organized in the City of Glass. About 120 aircraft will soar simultaneously over the Krosno sky! Plan your visit to Krosno today for the best May weekend in the country!