If you have always wondered what it is really like to have a balloon flight, then read this delightful blog from the “Adventures of Gemma’ https://adventuresofgemma.com/2016/05/27/flying-high/
Hot air balloon rides are not just for thrill seekers and people looking for something different to do with their weekend, as they are also great for romantic partners who want to do something special. There is a
Clive Bailey & John Rose are representing Great Britan in the 60th Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race. It ia an amazing race where 30 teams will compete to fly the longest distance from the starting point in Gladbech, Germany. The Balloons are the ‘old style” gas balloons filled with hydrogen…
Not many people can claim to be excited for January, with the hangover of Christmas and the seemingly never ending cold, gloomy British days, but, Jo & Clive Bailey are excited for January to finally be here! The reason? They are taking the world’s first passenger certified solar powered hot…
Hot air balloon technology was the first method developed capable of making human flight a reality. Unmanned hot air balloons have been around for hundreds of years. Hot Air balloons known as Kongming lanterns were used in China in 220-280AD for military signalling. Some…
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…
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…
