“I will give you a bundle full of magic pixie dust. He who receives at least a pinch of this magic will see the world in the same colors as you, and with each passing moment the border with the land of the Blessed will become closer and wider..."
Inga Van Haver, that's me.
A mother of three sons, a storyteller and writer, a dreamer at heart, and a balloon pilot for 15 years. Since 2019, I am also an instructor for future pilots. Currently, six new pilots have successfully graduated from the EU Academy of Ballooning at Sky Amazons.
I believe in fairy tales, because my pilot's journey started at a time when I had never even seen a balloon in person. It all started in 2005 when I wrote a fairy tale about a butterfly with a magic wand...
I have spent more than 1,100 hours in the air, with thousands of people together with me in the basket. Like the protagonist in my fairy tale, I sprinkle magic pixie dust all the time, without people realizing it.