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Wartime folding wicker gas balloon basket. Designed to take spies behind enemy lines during World War II, the balloons would...

A scratch built 3-d model of the gas balloon G-APOB known as The Small World by its crew who attempted...

Burner unit from a Cloudhopper used in the feature film 'Green Ice' showing integral propane tank stainless steel construction.The liquid fuel...

A commemorative cup and saucer made by the house of Limoges to mark the first successful circumnavigation of the world...

G-IKEA is a Cameron 120 and first flew on 3 July 2004 and apart from being a special shape, the...

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...