{"id":26563,"date":"2026-03-22T22:32:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aeroclub.ch\/?p=26563"},"modified":"2026-03-23T08:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:25:35","slug":"jubilaeumsballon-vor-dem-bundeshaus-getauft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aeroclub.ch\/en\/jubilaeumsballon-vor-dem-bundeshaus-getauft\/","title":{"rendered":"Anniversary balloon christened in front of the Federal Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"26563\" class=\"elementor elementor-26563\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9738cfa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9738cfa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58165c9\" data-id=\"58165c9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcc5176 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcc5176\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Shortly after 4 p.m. on March 22, 2026, the HB-BOX with the 125th anniversary Aero Club logo took off in front of the Federal Palace. Beforehand, it was christened by Ruth Metzler, President of Swiss Olympic, and aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard.<\/strong><\/p><p>You don't see a balloon launch on the Bundesplatz every day. What luck that the weather cooperated. Invited guests, godparents, photographers and journalists arrived on the Bundesplatz at around 2.30 pm. Central President Matthias Jauslin took the opportunity to host the event himself and skillfully interviewed balloon pilots, sponsors and christening sponsors.<\/p><h4>Media presence<\/h4><p>As soon as balloon pilot Pascal Witpr\u00e4chtiger and his team began laying out the envelope, passers-by noticed that something unique was about to happen on the Bundesplatz. They stopped, asked questions and pulled out their cell phones to record the assembly process, the christening and the subsequent launch. And anyone who wondered about the balloon rising out of the city of Bern found out why in the report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telebaern.tv\/telebaern-news\/heissluftballon-hebt-vom-berner-bundesplatz-ab-163757214\">Tele B\u00e4rn.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9831ee4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9831ee4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e633468\" data-id=\"e633468\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"63a936a\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Ballontaufe_AndreaBolliger (62 von 92)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY1NTQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hZXJvY2x1Yi5jaFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDNcL0JhbGxvbnRhdWZlX0FuZHJlYUJvbGxpZ2VyLTYyLXZvbi05Mi1zY2FsZWQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNjNhOTM2YSJ9\" href='https:\/\/aeroclub.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ballontaufe_AndreaBolliger-62-von-92-scaled.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/aeroclub.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ballontaufe_AndreaBolliger-62-von-92-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aeroclub.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ballontaufe_AndreaBolliger-62-von-92-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aeroclub.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ballontaufe_AndreaBolliger-62-von-92-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/aeroclub.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ballontaufe_AndreaBolliger-62-von-92-51x51.jpg 51w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-26554'>\n\t\t\t\tand fired up.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"63a936a\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Ballontaufe_AndreaBolliger (7 von 92)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY1NTYsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hZXJvY2x1Yi5jaFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDNcL0JhbGxvbnRhdWZlX0FuZHJlYUJvbGxpZ2VyLTctdm9uLTkyLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjYzYTkzNmEifQ%3D%3D\" 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https:\/\/aeroclub.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ballontaufe_AndreaBolliger-3-von-92-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/aeroclub.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ballontaufe_AndreaBolliger-3-von-92-51x51.jpg 51w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-26559'>\n\t\t\t\tBertrand Piccard \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"63a936a\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Ballontaufe_AndreaBolliger (5 von 92)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY1NTgsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hZXJvY2x1Yi5jaFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDNcL0JhbGxvbnRhdWZlX0FuZHJlYUJvbGxpZ2VyLTUtdm9uLTkyLXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI2M2E5MzZhIn0%3D\" 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landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"63a936a\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"2Ballontaufe_AndreaBolliger (83 von 92)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY1NjEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hZXJvY2x1Yi5jaFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDNcLzJCYWxsb250YXVmZV9BbmRyZWFCb2xsaWdlci04My12b24tOTIuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNjNhOTM2YSJ9\" href='https:\/\/aeroclub.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2Ballontaufe_AndreaBolliger-83-von-92.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/aeroclub.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2Ballontaufe_AndreaBolliger-83-von-92-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aeroclub.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2Ballontaufe_AndreaBolliger-83-von-92-150x150.jpg 150w, 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Pictures Andrea Bolliger\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after 4 p.m. on March 22, 2026, the HB-BOX with the 125th anniversary Aero Club logo took off in front of the Federal Palace. 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