BBM&L AGM and Annual Luncheon 25th October 2026
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Digital Trailropes
If you have joined the BBM&L as a Friend then you will already have access to the digital copies of TRAILROPE via the link on the home page. As part of the work in hand thanks to the Lottery Heritage grant, we have recently uploaded many more digital back issues going back to 2005 and
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Model balloons at Bristol Fiesta
BBM&L Model Balloon Celebration Inflation, Bristol Fiesta 2026. Once again the British Balloon Museum & Library will be represented at the Bristol Fiesta, not only by bringing a ‘grown up’ balloon in the form of the Omega 56 named ‘Nimble’, planned to be inflated by Jonathan Harris over the weekend, but also a celebration with
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LAASI Magazine ID26 Tribute
OUR CHAIRMAN’S COLUMN Finally, a good spell of weather across the UK and Pidley was blessed with the best! I have been to many of these events and I can’t remember any better inflation conditions. Almost 100 balloons were inflated throughout the day. Thanks to all the LAAS members that attended. It was quite amusing
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Midlands Air Festival 2026
We had a great time at Midlands Air Festival. The weather was very breezy on Sunday but conditions were perfect on Saturday morning and Peter Lickorish flew G-MUSM for the Museum, and what a picture it was! 126 balloons launched in very low winds resulting in a fabulous spectacle for the crowd, yes lots of
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Balloons at Inflation Day 2026
This page will serve as a place to come to learn which balloons we plan to bring to Inflation Day 2026 from the museum collection. We are lucky to have lots of enthusiastic helpers so you can expect a fine turn out on the day! The latest balloon expected at Inflation Day is G-CCAR, a
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Inflation Day 2026 – registration form.
Plans are afoot to organise the Inflation Day on Saturday 25 April 2026 which will be the same venue as last year, but the last time we enjoy David Hopkins’ hospitality at Pidley. (2028 will be a new venue.) Please complete the Inflation Day Registration Form BUT… Before returning this form, please make a copy,
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Inflation Day – 2026. Put it in your diary.
Inflation Day 2026 Time certainly flies quickly, and I find myself already putting the early plans together for the next BBM&L Inflation Day event in 2026! The chosen date, and approved by David, is 25th April 2026 so save it to your electronic diaries and make plans to attend! Here’s hoping the weather is kind
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BBM&L AGM and Annual Luncheon 2025
It was a splendid event with many balloonists old and young attending. Donnington Valley Hotel provided a great meal and it was a very good venue. Alan Noble was the post Prandial Speaker and he was fascinating, so many tales. Started by solving a murder, being locked in a room with the Beatles, to organising Transatlantic
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Trailrope Summer 2025
The latest issue of Trailrope is published and on the front cover you see a balloon made in 1937 by Bruno Marek who was one of a number of enthusiasts who experimented with hot air balloons in 1930s Europe. One of them ascended to an altitude of 9,374 metres – a world record that stood
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