The county’s first hydrogen balloon flight has been recreated by aviation enthusiasts on its 240th anniversary. Father of immunology Edward Jenner took to the skies from the Inner Keep at Berkeley Castle at 14.00 on 2 September 1784. Project manager John Hamblett, of Cotswold Aviation Restoration Group, was able to create a replica of Dr […]
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A busy period came to an end for the BBM&L crews over the weekend of 17 August, with the most recent inflation being undertaken by Neil Ivison by inflating the Ikea Special Shape 120 on behalf of the Museum – this requires plenty of help to get out of the bag and then pack away!
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The wind is blowing a hoolie outside so to time to remember calmer winds and in particular the Old Buckenham Harvest Balloon Festival held recently where the BBM&L were invited to bring some of the museum balloons. Museum secretary Tim Turner was there and writes… “Martyn Turner & Damian Busby did both night glows –
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Aerospace Bristol and Cameron Balloons present this exciting new exhibition, at Aerospace Bristol from 24 July until Sunday 1 September with help from the British Balloon Museum & Library. ‘Look Up! The Story of Hot Air Ballooning in Bristol’ will showcase balloons, baskets, burners, and balloon-themed activities, alongside the last Concorde to ever fly. From Britain’s first
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On 9th July in 1967, the first UK modern hot air balloon, the Bristol Belle, took her maiden flight at Weston-on-the-Green, Oxon. After becoming inspired by American engineer Ed Yost’s modern hot air balloon via a copy of National Geographic magazine, Don Cameron, along with a team of Bristol Gliding Club friends, came up with
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THREE MEN IN A BALLOON are airborne and starting a most magnificent adventure – to drift silently across the Atlantic Ocean in an open wicker basket suspended by an enormous balloon full of hydrogen gas, destination – somewhere in Europe. They are at 8000 feet where it is 6°C. Their speed is15knots and direction 083°.
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It is with particular sadness that I must report that Roger Quiller Barrett has gone to join the great croquet pitch in the sky. Why croquet you may ask – he was President of the British Croquet Association. And it doesn’t stop there – his interests varied from Ballooning, Gliding, photography, Publishing, Croquet, world travel
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If you’re a Bridgerton watcher you have a treat in store. Series 3 has a balloon sequence. I haven’t seen it ( yet) but from what I read it may be described as underwhelming. Pictures show a gas balloon, journalists call it a hot-air balloon of course, but hey, it’s a balloon and we like
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The BBM&L had a successful weekend at The Midlands Air Festival, taking our stall to introduce ballooning to the wider public. Thank you to everyone who came to see us, we appreciate your support, it was great to chat to you. Thankfully there was no rain over the three days, and despite being windy at
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A quote from our secretary ( and hard-working organiser) Tim Turner…. “…What a day – beyond all our beliefs with the weather forecast as was predicted! We definitely ‘got away with one” a few spots of rain at worst! 41 balloons was a fantastic effort from the dedicated pilots and their crews (three crews got
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