ultramajic ultramagic n 355 hot air balloon volume of 10 000 m for up to 20 persons registered in germany and sponsored by warsteiner ultramagic catalan u t ma ik spanish ult a ma ik is a manufacturer of hot air balloons based at the igualada dena airfield province of barcelona catalonia . it is the only manufacturer of hot air balloons in spain and the second largest in the world . 1 2 the company produces from 80 to 120 balloons per year with 80 % of them exported to europe north america south america africa and japan . the company can produce massive balloons such as the n 500 that accommodates up to 27 persons in the basket . ultramagic has also produced many balloons with special shapes as well as cold air inflatables . ultramagic is one of the organizers of the european balloon festival the largest hot air balloon festival in spain and in south europe held in igualada since 1997 in the month of july that includes competitions exhibitions and a night glow . the festival gathers around 60 balloonists from europe and other countries such as israel india japan brazil and argentina . contents 1 history 2 customer types 3 gallery of models 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit ultramagic special shape balloon managed by paseosenglobo and sponsored by movistar ultramagic n 180 with special shapes registered in the netherlands the company has its roots in 1978 when three friends josep maria llad aeronautical engineer and balloonist joan comellas and jaume llansana 3 started to fly with a second hand hot air balloon and soon after decided to build a bigger balloon named tramuntana 4 for a long journey in africa because they had not enough money to purchase an already manufactured balloon . 5 this journey took place 1980 lasting 11 months with 40 balloon flights starting from zanzibar going to tanzania ruanda and part of zaire to finalize in kisangani current democratic republic of the congo . after that they started to design an ultralight aircraft and created the company ultramagic sa together with carles llad brother of josep maria . ultramagic ultralights evolved to ultramagic balloons because after building an ultralight prototype they saw it was complex required lot of funds lot of components had to be imported and serial production was required to be profitable . 5 on top of that they had experience manufacturing balloons and they still had the sewing machines and an aeronautic background . 6 the company launched in 1993 a cold air inflatables division with 4.000 units manufactured until today . production of inflatables is around 500 units per year . 6 in 2006 ultramagic sold a massive n 355 balloon to virgin balloon flights the uk s largest passenger carrying balloon company . this new balloon took 355 000 cu ft 10 100 m3 of air and was able to carry a basket with up to 16 passengers . 7 in year 2009 ultramagic made the first official flight of the ecomagic an eco friendly hot air balloon with a reduced consumption developed together with the school of aeronautic engineering of the technical university of berlin . the textile fabric used by this balloon has a double layer to better isolate the hot air thus reducing consumption and allowing longer flights . the ecomagic consumption is less than 50 % of a standard balloon and can even reach a 30 % . 8 in 2013 it introduced the ultramagic flightpack a new tablet application which gives balloon pilots all the information required for flight in one place . 9 customer types edit the hot air balloons produced by ultramagic have three main types of customers 5 individuals who use them to participate in competitions or festivals . professionals who use them in commercial flights and often have a sponsor . companies who use them in tourist flights in places such as turkey california egypt namibia etc. gallery of models edit ultramagic m 77 volume of 2.200 m for 3 or 4 persons ultramagic m 105 3.000 m 5 persons registered in the united states ultramagic m 120 3.400 m 5 or 6 persons ultramagic m 130 3.680 m 6 persons registered in switzerland ultramagic n 180 5.100 m 9 persons ultramagic n 210 6 000 m 11 persons ultramagic n 210 6 000 m 11 persons ultramagic n 355 10 000 m 20 persons see also edit hot air balloon european balloon festival references edit sky s the limit ballooning adventures southern california pilots and crew el periodico once meses en globo spanish frica en globo . persiguiendo a julio verne catalan infonomia ultramagic por ramon bori 19 11 2003 spanish a b c avui entrevista amb josep m. llad enginyer aeron utic copropietari de globus ultram gic catalan a b history more than 30 years experience in balloons . virgin balloon flights virgin inflates fleet with monster new balloon avui ultramagic dissenya un globus aerost tic sostenible que consumeix la meitat d energia catalan 09 12 2013 introducing ultramagic flightpack external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to ultramagic . ultramagic official website 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