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  • Celebration / Festival
  • Cultural event
  • Education / Training
  • Exhibition
  • Château-d'Oex

Balloon Festival in Château-d'Oex

Venue

Château d'Oex
Switzerland

In Château-d'Oex on January 25th, Hans Peter Beck will repeat with some of his students students the balloon flight of Albert Gockel from 1909 (with modern equipment!), and measure cosmic rays.

42 FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL de BALLONS
Image: Air Balloons Exhibition, Switzerland

At 18:30, Prof. H.P. Beck will give a public lecture on this topic.

The Balloon Festival in Château-d'Oex 25-Jan-2020
The Balloon Festival in Château-d'Oex 25-Jan-2020Image: CHIPP, Switzerland

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  • Cultural event
  • Château-d'Oex

Balloon flight to commemorate the Albert Gockel's flight of 1909

Balloon festival at Château-d'Oex
Image: Pays d'Enhaut Tourisme

On 25 January 2020, a balloon flight took place to commemorate Albert Gockel's flight of 1909, where he measured the ionisation of air up to 4500 m altitude. Even though

Intended for

Age:
  • 0-6
  • 6-10
  • 10-14
  • 14-18
  • 18+
  • 20-40
  • 55+
  • Family
  • Group

Activity

Content: medium

Interactivity: active/passive

Inside/outside: inside/outside

Categories

  • Educational science and Pedagogy
  • Particle Physics
Languages: English, German
Weather dependent? No
Does it cost anything? No

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