The French Team 1 with pilots Leys & Houver won the Gordon Bennett 2013 Gas Balloon Race flying 1402 km in 73 hours and 33 minutes. The German team, Willi Eimers and Zenge came in second place at 1382 km in 60 hours and 12 minutes- we salute them! …
At 7.10 pm tonight Clive Bailey & Paul Spellward in their gas balloon Lady Britannia landed in near Stenay in a forest in France, due to bad weather looking at coming in close proximity and not being able to cross Paris at low level at night. They have had an…
Clive & Paul are at 11, 000 feet travelling north trying to work out which are the best winds for them to pick up. They are in fine spirits at the moment but the race is going to be a particularly tough one with many excellent and experienced gas balloonists.
After a long day of preparations and (delays caused by the wet weather) Spellward and his co-pilot Clive Bailey were the 3rd balloon to be launched at just after 5 am. They lifted off with the balloon lit up by a spotlight and to the…
This afternoon briefing has called the Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race 2013 flight on to next stage. So Clive & Paul are getting ready and will inflate early evening. The first take offs are scheduled for 9.30 pm (English time!) and they will be the third to take off. The…
Clive and Paul arrived in Nancy last night and after tucking into steak and chips headed to bed! Clive and Paul travelled from Bristol along with Elaine (Paul’s wife) and Peter Mossman who are crewing and retrieving for them. They were towing the gas balloon, basket and trailer packed all…
Clive Bailey & Paul Spellward have set off for France after spending the last few weeks sorting out their equipment and planning for their Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race. The aim of the race is to see which balloon can fly the furthest from the launch site which this…
The Red Arrows did a fabulous display at the Bristol Balloon Fiesta. Clive had helped arrange for them to attend the fiesta and was in radio contact with them for the display. We just love them! The RAF Typhoon is a noisy beast of…
Bristol International Balloon Fiesta 2013 has been hailed as the best yet! It was certainly a fantastic Fiesta with us flying five out of the seven slots. We flew with four hot air balloons there including our Bailey Balloon, the Big Red Original balloon, the Anana…
Article in the Bristol Post about the success of the Bristol Balloon Fiesta and Bailey Balloons taking Bristol Pounds.
