Fly safely and keep your crew in sight at all times
Lachez is your second pilot on the map. You don’t have to share your location through chat apps or worry about the chase car losing you on the ground. You focus on the balloon, and your team knows exactly where to drive.
- Live location sharing: Your crew sees you on the map in real time – at official events and on your private flights.
- Route warnings: You see airspace and power lines on the map and in the side view, based on the expected direction of flight.
- Terrain ahead of the basket: A side view and elevation profile of the landscape. The cone on the map shows where the wind is carrying you.
- Crew on your map: You also see the position of the chase vehicle and know how far behind you it is.
How to get started
- Download the app – free for Android and iPhone.
- Create your own space, or open the link from the event organiser – no account, no email.
- Invite your crew with a code or a link, and fly.
Don't have an event? Set up your own space. Right in the app, no organiser needed and no waiting for a fiesta — this is how most pilots use the app day to day; an organised event is more like once or twice a year. Invite your crew with a code, manage up to three balloons, and share your live map with passengers and friends with one tap.
Flying at an organised event? You'll always get the link to a specific event from that event's organiser (it contains the event code) — without it, neither the app nor the website knows which event to connect to. We just run the app; the organiser creates the event and hands out the links.
Have your own space? Open the app — it recognises you by your device, and you can start sharing for your balloon right away.
The link from “Share live map” shows only today's flights in your space; tomorrow you'll get a new one.
Flying at an organised event? Open the organiser's link for pilots (pilot.html?event=…), enter your name and balloon code, and start sharing your position. Your crew and spectators will then see you on the live map for the whole flight.
Just watching, not driving anywhere and not sharing anything? You don't need the app at all — read the spectator instructions.
Don't have a link from the organiser? Reach out to them directly — they'll send it to you.