IKEA Balloon G-IKEA is a Cameron 120 and first flew on 3 July 2004 and apart from being a special
Many people will have heard of the Nimble balloon which featured in the TV adverts for Nimble bread in 1968.
Balloonists have been collecting pins for as long as we can remember. It became a popular habit to commission pins
The BBM&L recently received a generous donation of the balloon G-BKOW, a Colt 77A made in 1984. Initially known as
Beer glass issued at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, 9-11 August 1991. The event was sponsored by Unipart, the glass
This sand bag was carried on a gas balloon flight in the Gordon Bennett Balloon Race by Belgian team of
Back in the late 1960s when this modern era of hot air ballooning was in its infancy, pilots all wore
One of the posters in the collection is from 1982 when the BBM&L mounted an exhibition of ballooning in the
Newbury will always be remembered as a nucleus for balloonists since the start of this modern era of ballooning and
A beer mat produced by Heineken to coincide with its sponsorship of International Balloon Meetings. This one depicts G-AZER
Vincenzo Lunardi's Second Balloon: 1785 This is an engraving from one of the finest balloon paintings of all time, the
One of the favourite books in our library is 'Record of an Aeronaut' by Gertrude Bacon. It is a biography