G-LCIO
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Details
| Description: | A Colt 240A, serial number 1381, named Star Flyer II. The balloon was badly damaged after trans Everest flight on 21 October 1991. This was one of two balloons to achieve the flight, one acting as a camera ship. Chris Dewhirst and Leo Dickinson in G-LCIO and Andy Elson and Eric Jones in G-LGIO, also a Colt 240A. These were the first flights over the summit of Mount Everest (Nepal to Tibetan plateau). Logbook not held by BBM&L. |
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| Name: | Star Flyer II |
| Type: | Colt 240A |
| Serial No.: | 1381 |
| Donated by: | Chris Dewhirst, 1994 |
| Image(s) credit: | Richard Hands |
History
23 January 1989
Owners: Star Micronics UK Ltd.
25 May 1994
De-registered as permanently withdrawn from use

