Hoogeslag obtained her license in 1989 and is the founder of Wilco Air, a company from Ootmarsum that organizes hot air ballooning at home and abroad. “The hot air balloon took off on Wednesday evening near Ootmarsum,” Hoogeslag begins. “We wanted to land again near Beuningen. The balloon flew low over a small residential area. There were three adults in the garden, two men and a woman. They shouted: “Gays! That was clearly audible to everyone in the balloon.”