G-ICES

Name: Fiesta

Type: Thunder Ice Cream Cone-56 SS

Serial number: 283

First flown: 7/8/80 Kenilworth, Warks.

Notes: G-ICES was retired due to the condition of the fabric. Donated on 16/6/92 to the BBM&L. Registered as an Ax6-56 SS, one of two special shapes built by Thunder.

Credit: Richard Hands/BBM&L

History:

3 July 1980
Thunder Balloons Ltd.

26 September 1980
Lighter-Than-Air Ltd.

1 November 1983
Last flown at Trentham Gardens

4 October 1984
Cancelled as withdrawn from use