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| Description: | Bristol Belle was the first modern hot-air balloon, built in the United Kingdom by Don Cameron, Mark Westwood, Bill Malpas, Giles Bulmer. Charles Meizl, Malcolm Brighton and Tom Sage. The envelope was finished at Vacuum Relex Ltd. In Essex and later modified by RFd-GQ Ltd. of Woking. 29/11/70. Flew to Malta from the deck of HMS Ark Royal. |
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| Name: | Bristol Belle |
| Type: | Brighton 65 |
| Serial No.: | MAB 1 |
| First flown: | 9 July 1967, Weston-on-the-Green, Oxon |
History
17 August 1967
William (Bill) E. Malpas, t/a The Hot Air Group
30 May 1974
Terry A. Adams
11 August 1981
Cancelled as withdrawn from use