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What To Expect From A Hot Air Balloon Ride

12/01/2016 Jo Bailey News

Flying in a hot air balloon is an experience like no other!  Float effortlessly along with the breeze with no sound other than the occasional blast from the burner and the helpful and informative chatter of your experienced and knowledgeable pilot! If you have been lucky enough to have received…

Hot air balloons and fireworks set the sky alight in Myanmar

08/01/2016 Jo Bailey Hot Air Balloons at Events

There was a spectacular site at the recent Tazaungdaing Festival of Lights in Myanmar when seven men, each holding a flaming bamboo stick, worked rapidly to fill a huge paper balloon with hot air, in order to

Futuristic hot air balloons take off in Paris

26/12/2015 Jo Bailey News

On the back of the Paris climate talks, Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno launched his own eco-friendly project in the form of

Everything you need to know about ballooning in Bath

19/12/2015 Jo Bailey Hot Air Balloon Rides

The city of Bath is certainly a beautiful place, located in the county of Somerset, in the South West of England. It is perhaps best known for its

Exciting opening for the World Air Games’ Hot Air Balloons

12/12/2015 Jo Bailey Competitions

The first day of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale World Air Games in Dubai got off to a flying start with German’s Sven Gohler and Markus Pieper battling it out at the end of the opening day of the popular

Christmas Advent Calendar Competition

02/12/2015 Jo Bailey News

Here at Bailey Balloons we are getting very excited for Christmas and this year to celebrate the countdown we are launching our very own Bailey Balloons Advent Calendar Competition! Each day we will be giving away a fabulous prize, including Hot Air Balloon Flight Vouchers, ballooning merchandise and much more!…

‘Extreme Artist’ leaps from hot air balloon

28/11/2015 Jo Bailey News

A Finnish man, who refers to himself as an ‘extreme artist’ recently jumped from a hot air balloon wearing nothing more than goggles and a pair of shorts. Antti Pendikainen posted his thrill-seeking antics online in a video that was viewed by over

2015 Bristol Balloon Fiesta Great Success

25/11/2015 Jo Bailey News

Bailey Balloons enjoyed our most successful year ever at this year’s Bristol Balloon Fiesta! Our balloons took to beautiful blue sunny skies as part of breath-taking mass ascents of over 100 balloons from Ashton Court. The weather was perfect and we were delighted to fly our passengers at all seven…

10 hot air balloon world records

Jo Bailey Hot Air Balloon Records

Riding in a hot air balloon is a fun and exciting way to fly. The first hot air balloon flight was in 1783 by the Frenchman Francois Pilatre de Rozier. Since that first flight, there have been

7 things you may not know about hot air balloon history

19/11/2015 Jo Bailey Hot Air Balloon History

Many regard the Wright brothers as being the first pilots to fly, but people were flying in hot air balloons a century before