Name: Carousel
Type: Western 65
Serial No: 15
First flown: 7/5/72, Iron Acton, Avon
Notes: Set the British Women’s Duration and Distance Record of 3hrs 17min, and 42nm respectively.
Envelope loaned to the BBM&L.
Pictured here at the first Worlds at Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1973
Credit: Nick Burrows, David Barker
History
1 March 1972
Miss C. Anderson
9 September 1973
Involved in an accident at RNAS Yeovilton, 3 injured
9 September 1974
Semejam Ltd., t/a Southern Balloon Group