G-BYNX Rozière Special Shape
Owners: Matt Joyce, Liam Whitelock
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C of A Status: TETHER ONLY
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We are pleased to welcome MJ Ballooning special shape no.9, Rozière G-BYNX!
A bit of history... On 22nd April 2000 telecoms companies joined forces to reorganise the telephone numbering system for a number of different areas, named "The Big Number Change". The advert stated, "This new family of numbers will free up millions of others so we can all keep communicating. It's all part of the big number." You can watch the advert on the link below.
G-BYNX was specially built for this TV commercial, commissioned in 1999 by RSA Films in London. Filming took place in August 1999 for a week far away from home in Namibia, Africa at the Namib desert.
The symbolic cutting of wires releasing the balloon illustrated the release of the new telephone lines and numbers. Since the shoot, the balloon has been stored at the Cameron's factory in Bedminster, Bristol. That is, until now, 25 years later, joining our collection in 2024!
Read all about the balloon on our blog post "Rozière: The Rarest Hot Air Balloon in the UK..." here.
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2024 Events
You can see G-BYNX at the following events in 2024, weather permitting:
Events to be confirmed.
Photo Albums
Coming soon.