Photo: Jaroslav Svoboda, ČTK
The Jaroslav Hašek Cup, a competition for the furthest hot air balloon flight, started at dawn on February 1st in Kejžlice near Humpolec. The participants had the task of flying as far as possible from the take-off point within a time limit of nine hours.
The winner eventually covered a distance of 195 kilometers and landed in Nemanice in the Domažlice region, right on the border with Germany.
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