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How do you become a hot air balloon pilot?

17/01/2020 philip Features

Maybe ever since you watched Dorothy and Toto escape from Oz in a hot air balloon, you have been entranced by these floating domes that serenely and

Bailey Balloons founder named among people who make Bristol great

14/01/2020 philip Hot Air Balloons Pilots

As dawn breaks over a new decade, we at Bailey Balloons were delighted to see our founder Clive Bailey name-checked in the Bristol Post as one of the reasons why our city was a great place to be in

Marine conservation society takes its message to the skies

23/12/2019 philip Hot Air Balloons in the UK

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society last week unveiled the newest addition to its campaigning toolkit: a dramatic hot air balloon emblazoned with their iconic take on the skull and crossbows flag. It may seem

Sights you would have seen from a hot air balloon in Roman Bath

19/12/2019 philip Features

It was not until 1783 that the first manned flight of a hot air balloon ascended from French soil, but what would it have been like to explore the world from the skies if the Montgolfier brothers who invented the hot air balloon had been around at the beginning of…

Canberra’s most striking export gets a hot air balloon mate

11/12/2019 philip Hot Air Balloon Stories

Recently, the National Gallery of Australia, based in Canberra, reported that it had commissioned artist Patricia Piccinini to make a

Give the gift of a Bristol ballooning adventure this Christmas

27/11/2019 philip Features

If you are searching for a unique gift to give your friends and family this festive season, then look no further than one of

Turkish economy receives boost thanks to locally made hot air balloons

26/11/2019 philip Tourism

This month saw the launch of a brand new hot air balloon enterprise in the Cappadocia region of Turkey, and the maiden voyage of

21st November – Happy Montgolfier Day! 236 Years since first balloon flight!

21/11/2019 Jo Bailey General, Hot Air Balloon News, Hot Air Balloon Rides, News

The 21st November marks the 236th Anniversary for the first untethered hot air balloon flight.  François Pilatre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d’ Arlandes flew for approximately 5.5 miles over Paris on 21st November 1783.  Their balloon was made from cloth by two brothers Jacques-Étienne and Joseph-Michel Montgolfier – inventors…

Get Christmas in Bath off to a flying start with a balloon ride gift voucher

20/11/2019 philip Features

What better way to make this Christmas one to remember than by gifting your loved ones a voucher for a scenic hot air balloon flight over the

Priest in world record attempt to reach space by hot air balloon

14/11/2019 philip Hot Air Balloons Pilots

Ukrainian adrenaline junkie Fyodor Konyukhov is no stranger to achieving daredevil feats of human endurance, but his latest endeavour promises to be one of his most audacious yet. The 67-year-old adventurer – who is