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AGM, lunch, speaker, auction and raffle

The annual BBM&L AGM lunch was a great success with a healthy number of people joining us at a new...

The Courier d’Avignon, dated October 28, confirms these facts: “From Paris, October 18: Here are the details announced last week...

The county’s first hydrogen balloon flight has been recreated by aviation enthusiasts on its 240th anniversary. Father of immunology Edward...

A busy period came to an end for the BBM&L crews over the weekend of 17 August, with the most...

The wind is blowing a hoolie outside so to time to remember calmer winds and in particular the Old Buckenham...

Aerospace Bristol and Cameron Balloons present this exciting new exhibition, at Aerospace Bristol from 24 July until Sunday 1 September with...

On 9th July in 1967, the first UK modern hot air balloon, the Bristol Belle, took her maiden flight at...

THREE MEN IN A BALLOON are airborne and starting a most magnificent adventure – to drift silently across the Atlantic...

It is with particular sadness that I must report that Roger Quiller Barrett has gone to join the great croquet...

If you’re a Bridgerton watcher you have a treat in store. Series 3 has a balloon sequence. I haven’t seen...

The BBM&L had a successful weekend at The Midlands Air Festival, taking our stall to introduce ballooning to the wider...

A quote from our secretary ( and hard-working organiser) Tim Turner…. “…What a day – beyond all our beliefs with...