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…
The day is finally here! Bristol International Balloon Fiesta starts today and we are ready! We have picked out a few highlights from the programme, for full details, please visit www.bristolballoonfiesta.co.uk <http://www.bristolballoonfiesta.co.uk> Thursday 7th August The evening nightglows are undoubtedly a stunning must see. 30 ballooning teams take centre stage whilst…
We are delighted to part of a competition set up by Subway, to win as first prize, two hot air balloon flights at the Bristol Balloon Fiesta 7-10th August. The second prize is 3 lots of VIP tickets and parking to go to the Fiesta. All you need to do…
This year has been the year of awards for Bailey Balloons! Can you believe that we have reaped five impressive awards in just a few months? At the Bristol Tourism and Hospitality Awards we won the “Access for All” Award. At the Visit Bath Awards (Bath Hospitality, Events & Tourism Awards)…
We had some amazing balloon flights over the week-end. These are photos from Sunday mornings flight from Bath with the cows taking a nonchalant interest in our balloon! We always find that the cows are very friendly and sometime when…
We continue reaping awards and this time Clive won the Gold for “Outstanding Achievement award” at the Bath Events Hospitality and Tourism Awards (BEHTA) at a the award ceremony in Bath on Friday 6th June 2014. Clive & Jo Bailey attended the Bath Tourism gala…
We are over the moon to receive a Certificate of Excellence 2014 from Trip Advisor for the second year in a row. Yippee! A huge thank you to all of our wonderful passengers for taking the time to write reviews for us!
We won the Accessibility Award at the Visit Bristol Awards in February this year and now we are short listed in two categories for the Visit Bath Awards: 1. ‘Small Visitor Attraction’ 2. ‘Customer Service’ The Awards presentation will be held at the Assembly…
April was a month of showers but we had some fine weather in between, which got our season off to a flying start! We had some stunning flights as these photos show! Flying in South Wales, by the Clifton Suspension Bridge and over the Georgian City of Bath! …
