“The balcony on earth”
Looking at the earth and into space
from 115,000 ft (35,000 m) under a balloon
FLIGHT
Many of us have always been fascinated by
astronauts and their movements
outside their vehicles: the first steps on the moon,
going around the space shuttle or the space station.
French company Stratoflight will be the first to offer their clients
the unique experience of going out in space during a flight
to the stratosphere under a balloon.
An unforgettable experience.
Bookings will start in 2023 for the first flights scheduled for 2025.
CAPSULE
The capsule with large windows is designed for 2 pilots and 4 passengers.
The balcony at the rear is the core feature: in turn, two passagers,
assisted by one pilot, will look at the earth and
outer space from an unique perspective.
To reduce the environmental footprint when building the capsule,
a significant part of the material will use biosourced
technical composites such as bamboo.
BALLOON
At 5,000 m
At 35,000 m
The zero-pressure balloon is based on a technology deployed
for many years by major space agencies, such as CNES and NASA,
for scientific purposes.
The lifting gas is hydrogen obtained from
renewable energy produced on-site.
The difference of balloon shape at different altitude is explained
by the volume of gas expanding
(x128 between ground level and 35,000 m).
The first part of the smooth descent (up to 8,000 m / 26,000 ft)
is completed by a controlled release of the balloon gas.
PARAFOILS
The main parafoil is actioned by a deployment
bag system (well known in skydiving) around 8,000 m (26,000 ft).
The shift from the balloon to the wing takes place within a second.
The parafoil is controlled by fly-by-wire commands.
The two pilots have sidesticks (like in an Airbus plane)
to steer the vehicle towards the chosen landing field.
Security is the absolute priority in any type of flight.
A total of 4 different parachutes will be fitted
to the capsule (redundancy of safety systems).
PRESSURE SUIT
The pressure suit will be worn during the whole flight.
In terms of functionality, the pressure suit
is like the ones used by astronauts:
providing oxygen, recycling CO2, pressurising the full body
in the very low pressure of the stratosphere and protecting
the passengers from the sun’s harmful radiations.
FOUNDERS
ARNAUD LONGOBARDI
Founder, President and Chief Pilot
Arnaud is an Airbus 320 pilot with over 18,000 hours of flight time. He is also a talented sportsman as one of the best world specialists in mini-wing and wingsuit acrobatic flights, with more than 15 years of experience at the highest level. Arnaud brings to the project his exceptional flight experience and his pioneer spirit in his constant quest of new ways of flying.
DENIS AUTIER
Founder, COO
Denis is an entrepreneur, with a background in capital markets. Beyond finance, he has also developed businesses in various areas. He has solid experience in project management and marketing having launched numerous new products and services throughout his career.
ADVISORS
PHILIPPE BOISSAT
CEO 3i3Signature LLC and founder of 3i3S. Aircraft pilot and telecommunications engineer with over 30 years’ experience in the Aerospace and Defence industry with companies such as Alcatel, Nortel Telecom, SES, EUTELSAT and Deloitte.
PHILIPPE LACROUTE
B787 captain and spokesperson for Air Operations at Air France. Administrator and vice-president of Aero-Club de France.
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PRIVACY POLICY (RGPD)
SAS Stratoflight, a commercial company registered in the Commercial Register of Toulouse under the number 901 396 390 and whose head office is located at 41 Rue de la Découverte, 31676 Labège, France (hereinafter «Stratoflight», «We», «Our» or «Our»), attaches great importance to the protection of Your personal data and carefully ensures that the protective provisions relating to privacy and the processing of personal data are respected, in particular European Regulation No. 2016/679 of 26 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and the law of 6 January 1978 known as “Data protection and freedoms” amended in 2018 (hereinafter referred to as “Legislation In Force”).
For the purposes of this Agreement, “You”, “Your” or “Your” means the natural person whose personal data are collected for processing under this Agreement, and who is a “data subject” within the meaning of the Legislation in force.
Stratoflight is committed to preserving Your privacy. The purpose of this Privacy Policy (hereinafter the “Policy”) is to describe how and when Stratoflight, as “controller” within the meaning of the Legislation in force, We collect, use and communicate certain personal data that You send to us in order to meet Your needs but also in order to optimize and improve the quality of the services that We offer You.
1. How do we use your personal data?
When you browse the website www.stratoflight.fr (the “Site”), some of your personal data, such as your identification data, contact information, IP address or browsing history on the Internet and on the Site, may be processed.
Stratoflight uses Your data for the following purposes:
– your use of the Website;
– manage contact requests;
– improve the Site.
Your data will be used by Stratoflight only if an appropriate and relevant legal basis within the meaning of the Legislation in force allows it.
Thus, Stratoflight processes Your personal data when:
- this processing is necessary for Your use of the Site or Your request for contact;
- you have consented to this processing, in particular when You have agreed to receive Our newsletter or when cookies are placed on Your device;
This is in Our legitimate interest, for example to improve Our Site or to maintain it.
2. With whom do we share your personal data?
For the purposes set out above, We may transfer some of Your data to third-party service providers such as:
- IT providers, for the purpose of hosting Your data and maintaining Our Site;
- IT providers allowing the installation of Our cookies.
We would also like to draw your attention to the use of social network buttons. The use of these buttons may result in the collection of personal data by the social networks concerned.
We invite You to be vigilant and to consult the personal data protection policies of these social networks in order to take precise knowledge of the information that is collected by these sites as well as the purposes of use of Your data, particularly for advertising purposes.
Should Our business be transferred or merged with another company, Your data may be disclosed to Our advisors, as well as to any potential acquirer and its advisors, and transferred to the new transferees or beneficiaries of the activity.
We may also share You information with law enforcement, judicial or administrative authorities or other authorized third parties, subject to compliance with our ethical obligations relating to confidentiality.
3. How long is your data stored?
Your data will be retained for a period of time that does not exceed that required to fulfill the purposes set out in this Policy.
If Your data is no longer necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy, it will be regularly deleted unless it is necessary to keep it longer:
to ensure compliance with legal, accounting and tax retention obligations, i.e. 10 years;
for the retention of evidence during the applicable limitation periods, i.e., 5 years;
for the purpose of commercial prospecting or 3 years from the end of Our commercial relationship with You or from Our last contact with You.
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If You have accepted the storage of cookies in Your browser, the cookies embedded in the pages and contents You have visited may be temporarily stored in a dedicated area of Your browser. They will be readable only by their issuer.
We use these cookies to establish statistics, volumes of use and use of the various elements of the Site (content visited, route, etc.) in order to improve its ergonomics and interest.
The retention period of this information shall not exceed 13 months.
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As many different browsers exist, it is impossible for Us to provide explanations for each of them, but You can however visit the website «All About Cookies» for more information.
5. What are your rights?
You have a right of access, rectification or erasure, limitation of the processing of Your personal data, a right of opposition, a right to the portability of Your data.
You also have the right to define instructions concerning the retention, erasure and communication of Your personal data after your death.
Where the processing is based on Your consent, You also have the right to revoke it.
You may exercise these rights at any time by sending Your request accompanied by proof of identity to the email address admin [at] stratoflight [dot] fr or by post to the following address: Stratoflight, 41 Rue de la Découverte, 31676 Labège, France
You may also lodge a complaint with the CNIL if You consider that the processing of Your personal data infringes Your data protection rights.
You may choose to no longer receive advertising messages from Us by following the instructions in the messages sent to You.
6. Modification of this policy
We may update this Policy at any time. If We make significant changes to the way We process Your personal information or this Policy, We will inform You through Our Site or through other means, such as email.
We invite You to regularly review this Policy for the latest information regarding Our privacy practices.
7. Contact
If You have any questions or requests regarding this Policy or in general about how We process Your data, You may contact Us at the following email address: admin [at] stratoflight [dot] fr