We are delighted to announce the latest addition to our special shape fleet, Snow White! Built by Cameron Balloons in 1993, she stands an incredible 47 metres tall and has recently been shipped over from Germany. Did anyone guess correctly!?
The winter is almost over and the ballooning season is starting up for another year. On Sunday morning we took two of our special shape balloons to Newton St Loe for their annual airworthiness inspections.
Former creative director at Virgin Airship & Balloon Company, Mark Lockwood, tells us about the fleet of Virgin aeroplane special shapes operated in the 1980s and 90s. Many iconic tethers and flights were arranged to promote Virgin Atlantic; inflating near the famous Hollywood sign, night glowing beside the Queen Mary, and flying from Wadi Rum desert in Jordan to name a few. They were even regulars at home in Bristol!
We were delighted to speak to BBC Bristol live on radio from the Bristol Balloon Fiesta site on Friday 12th August. They have also filmed some footage of our popular special shape balloons and put a short video together about why we're doing what we're doing and how it started.
The spectacular aviation show, the Midlands Air Festival, returns to Ragley Hall in Alcester next week for 3 days of flying fun for all the family on the platinum jubilee weekend! Enjoy hot air balloon mass ascents with over 100 balloons taking to the Warwickshire skies in the morning and evening as well as tethered displays, nightfire and air displays including the RAF Red Arrows.
Happy Easter everyone! We are delighted to team up with Virgin Balloon Flights for a special Easter blog on some well-known shapes! How many of them have you seen?
We are very excited to reveal our latest special shape balloon, the orange! It joins our other special shapes Joycam Lips G-LIPS and Choc Dips G-DIPI. Registered G-CDXW, this Orange-120 was built by Cameron Balloons in 1993 and is in fantastic condition.
“Are you going to fly it?” was the most frequent question I was asked when myself and friend Tom purchased the G-LIPS special shape balloon earlier this year. Well, yes, we did, with a little bit of help…
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