When thinking about taking a hot air balloon ride, the one thing that holds a lot of people back is wondering whether or not hot air balloons are really safe. So many people who would love to soar in the skies on
François Pilatre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d’ Arlandes, made the first untethered hot-air balloon flight, flying 5.5 miles over Paris in approximately 25 minutes on 21st November 1783. Their cloth balloon was made by two French paper-making brothers Jacques-Étienne and Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, inventors of the world’s first successful…
Any business that uses hot air balloons, whether for rides, sightseeing or promotion, will have to make a number of important decisions before adding a new balloon to its fleet. New hot air balloons and the equipment that
Hot air balloon flights in Bristol, Baltimore, Bali, and beyond have always been extremely popular, as have hot air balloon competitions, but now there is a new and more extreme ballooning activity that is gathering pace: hot air balloon rope swinging. This involves a group of adrenalin junkies taking
We are very proud to have been involved in a new series starting daily for three weeks on BBC1 from 10th November called Glorious Gardens from Above. The BBC wanted to film gardens that are not normally seen from above and often remain hidden to the public. They came up…
The largest hot air balloon festival in the world recently took place in the south-western United States. Hot on the heels of popular UK events that offered
Hot air balloons are a great way to see the world, as ballooning can give you a unique perspective on the landscapes that make up an area, which simply would not be possible with many other modes of transport. The following three countries are
When most people think about competitive ballooning, they think about hot air balloon races, in which the fastest person to fly from A to B is the winner. It is true that these are the most
Hot air balloon rides, from Gloucester to Ghana, are extremely common, but there are not many that could match one of the most unusual flights ever to have taken place, which occurred recently in the Balkans. An Austrian hot air balloon pilot flew
Nicola Scaife has soared to victory as the first ever Women’s World Hot Air Balloon Championship winner. The Australian took part in a
