Thunder basket for N4990T(1)

Category: hardware Sub-category: baskets-and-load-rings

Catalogue number: H4/0009

brown wicker basket with a black leather rim and an instrument panel fitted to one of the short edges. The basket has 4 flying wires.
View looking down into the basket from the short edge showing the instrument panel across the opposite short edge, a red fabric bag with pockets on one long edge, the wooden floor and 4 flying wire are also visible.
View looking down into the basket from the long edge. The instrument panel has been removed to reveal more of the basket and the Thunder Balloons red fabric bag with pockets.
4 clear plastic burner support poles and black pole covers lined in yellow fabric.

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Description:

Thunder basket for N4990T, named Stormy Weather, also in the collection. 1 March 1980 Ed Chapman achieved the World Distance Record AX8 to AX12 of 385.8 miles.

Manufacturer: Thunder Balloons Limited
Donated by: Paul Clinton, 1996
Image(s) credit: Tim Turner and John Crawford, July 2025
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