G-AXVU
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Details
| Description: | G-AXVU - Omega 84 balloon. On 12 July 1972, this balloon set a new British Altitude record of 28,000ft. On 14 July Julian Nott took off from Llandinado, in Wales, to set a new World Altitude record of 35,971ft. |
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| Name: | Henry VIII |
| Type: | Omega 84 |
| Serial No.: | 9 |
| First flown: | 13 December 1969, Radley, Oxon |
| Donated by: | Julian Nott and Headley Lewis, 1989 |
| Image(s) credit: | Richard Hands |
History
7 January 1970
Brede Balloons Ltd.
12 July 1972
Balloon set a new British Altitude Record of 28,000ft
14 July 1972
Balloon set a new World Altitude Record of 35,971ft
22 August 1989
Cancelled as withdrawn from use