Bob and Carol Howes interview

Category: oral-history

Catalogue number: OH0016

Bob and Carol Howes

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Description:
  • In 1973, a group of friends in England attended a hot air balloon festival and met the ancient Tim Godfrey, leading to an open invitation to join the British Balloon & Airship Club.
  • Building and flying homemade hot air balloons.
  • In 1974, Carol and Bob joined a balloon meetup at Castle Howard, where they met Jeff Payne and his wife Norma, and became hooked on ballooning.
  • Ballooning experiences, flights, and landings with a focus on exciting and memorable moments.
  • Bob recounts a memorable hot air balloon flight on the 200th anniversary of the first flight in the UK.
  • Building and repairing cars, balloons, and other items, with a focus on adapting to vision loss.
  • Ballooning, aviation, and personal experiences.
Interviewer: Jennifer d'Alton
Interview date: 6 August 2024
Transcript pdf (click to open in new tab):Bob-Carol-Howes-Transcript.pdf
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