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Special Shape Videos
From looking around the site you can probably tell there's one thing in ballooning we're particularly interested in. That's right... special shapes!! We have seen many on our travels over the last few years locally, at Bristol, Midlands and the Sky Safari.
Below are the best and most memorable moments we have captured on video.
Click on the photo of the special shape to watch the video!
First UK Flight for Superbike
Watch one of the largest balloons in the world take to the skies above Ragley Hall, Alcester. |
Action Man Returns to Bristol 2012
All-time fiesta favourite Action Man takes flight from the Thursday PM special shapes launch. |
Brandenburg Gate Visits Longleat
Holland balloon preservation group attend Sky Safari 2019, tethering after the Saturday mass launch. |
Scottish Piper Take Off
An incredible moment as the Piper launches from the fiesta site on Saturday PM in 2003. |
Rupert Returns for Fiesta 40th
A very special surprise (and windy!) appearance of classic shape Rupert Bear for the 40th anniversary Bristol Balloon Fiesta. |
Bertie Bassetts at Ragley Hall
After many years in storage, these popular liquorice characters returned to the main arena, together for the first time since 2001. |
Darth Vader Flies Over Bristol
To the booming sound of the Imperial March, Darth Vader takes to the skies as the main attraction of the wet and windy 2019 fiesta. |
USA Wish Cake at Bristol
A breezy tether for the Wish Cake at Bristol 2018, booked in celebration of 40 years of the fiesta. |
Babybel at Ragley Hall
Lindstrand-built Babybel returns to the UK after 6 years away alongside 31A hopper. |
Mr Peanut Windy Tether
Watch 80s Bristol favourite Mr Peanut tether at the 40th balloon fiesta in breezy conditions! |
Chubb 2018 Test Inflation
The third Chubb fire extinguisher balloon secretly inflated in Bristol beside new Cameron heart shape. |
Slick the Dragon at Shirehampton
After switching owners since Bristol 2015 with Palletways branding removed, G-PNAD tethers at local fun day event in Shirehampton. |
OO-BEK Test Inflation at Ashton Court
Watch time lapse video of Belgian Arsene special shape inflated in March 2018 after factory repairs. |
Team For Old Balloons' Orient Express
Enjoy watching this breezy tether video in full on Longleat's Lodge Drive after a mass launch. Cameron G-LOKO built in 1996. |
Miss Daisy Fiesta Flight
American Aerostar special shape Miss Daisy flying in 2014 - that old soundtrack takes us back! |
Master Yoda at Midlands
Yoda's only visit to the UK at Midlands 2019! Watch clip from Sunday evening. |
Snow White at Sky Safari
Longleat 2019 Sunday morning tether with Snow White, which stands over 50 metres tall. |
Barclays Tether Before The Rain
Crowds are treated to a rare inflation of 90s shape the Barclays House before the rain arrives! |
Ronald McDonald Stands Tall at Arbury Hall
Watch hot inflation of huge McDonalds clown balloon - it's a little scary but very impressive! |
Ordnance Survey Rare Inflation
Classic special shape G-MAPS displayed at the Midlands Air Festival 2019; it's first tether in many years. |
Pipy Windy Tether at Fiesta 40th
Classic fiesta shape G-PIPY, arguably the best ever created, returns to the fiesta, standing tall above Ashton Court after 9 years away. |
Budweiser Tether at Midlands
All 4 Bud cans built from 1988 and 97 tethered together for the first time in many years. What a sight. |
Galleon Test Inflation in Bristol
Kubicek pirate ship inflated at Ashton Court in January 2020, one of the largest balloons in the world! |
2018 Favourite Owlbert Eyenstein
Built 4 years earlier by TPB Balloons in Sao Paulo, Brazil, watch Owlbert being tethered on Friday morning. |
Pepe the Hedgehog Test Inflation
We stumbled upon this Cameron Balloons test inflation at Ashton Court back in 2017, enjoy! |
IKEA Returns to Midlands after 11 years
G-IKEA's first public event appearance since Bristol 2008, now preserved with the BBM&L. Still in great flyable condition but no CofA. |
Oh Bear Entertains Bristol Crowds
The Taiwan Oh Bear tethered on Sunday evening to close the 2019 Bristol Balloon Fiesta. |
Action Man Tricky Inflation at Ragley Hall
Action Man's last UK appearance in 2018 - a difficult inflation as fans were blown into the open Velcro slots to fully inflate. |
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Smurf Take Off from Bristol 2014
The star of the fiesta alongside Miss Daisy that year, the Smurf from Belgium. |
Shuttlecock at Midlands 2018
Watch Swiss Shapes' 1991 Thunder & Colt Shuttlecock special shape take to the Warwickshire skies. |
Alfred the Carpenter Take Off
Perfect flying conditions at Longleat's 2019 Sky Safari for new Kubicek shape, taking off with Aston Martin. |
Belgian Horse Shape at Midlands
A breezy tether for Old Balloon Collectors' giant red horse balloon built in 1993. |