G-BBYU
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Details
| Description: | G-BBYU, a Cameron 0-56 balloon. |
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| Name: | Chieftain |
| Type: | Cameron O-65 |
| Serial No.: | 96 |
| First flown: | 30 March 1974, Compton Dando, Avon |
| Donated by: | Cameron Balloons Limited, 1990 |
History
19 February 1974
Chris J T Davey
Stored at Bovington Tank Museum, and then ‘Chieftain’ was passed to the BBM&L for safe keeping.
Major Chris Davey flew with Don Cameron in Zanussi in an attempt to fly the Atlantic in 1978. In 1980 he flew with Crispin Williams across the North Sea.
9 August 1989
Cancelled as withdrawn from use