G-AXVU

Name: Henry VIII
Type: Omega 84
Serial number: 9
First flown: 13/12/69 Radley, Oxon
Notes: On 12th July 1972, this balloon set a new British Altitude record of 28,000ft. 14th July Julian Nott took off from Llandinado, in Wales, to set a new World Altitude record of 35,971ft.
Credit: Richard Hands/BBM&L
History:

7 January 1970
Brede Balloons Ltd.

12 July 1972
Balloon set a new British Altitude Record of 28,000ft

14 July 1972
Balloon set a new World Altitude Record of 35,971ft

22 August 1989
Cancelled as withdrawn from use

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