Friday 17 July 2009

Thursday 16th July - Bristol

Early morning launch from Ashton Court during a 'weather window' took the big red thing over the city in a NE direction, clear skies for the flight and a gentle landing near a fishing lake......owners very helpful with the recovery!

Tuesday 14 July 2009

Tuesday Morning 14th July

Launched at 0620 from a maze field on the western edge of Bath....weather front was closing in from SW rapidly but managed a good flight NE at 7-8kts, landing at Sodbury Common before the rain caught up! Passengers were delighted !

Saturday 11 July 2009

Update

Got abit behind lately........packing up to move and working.......hey ho!!.....Saturday the 4th July, we launched early morning from Cheltenham racecourse, landing near Eversham in a wet field!.....tractor needed......pilot REALLY needs to improve his parking!


Friday 10th July.......early morning Bristol flight, yet again got the rig stuck in a 'spring' in the middle of a field at Priston Mill!....two landings.....two muddy recoveries!

Ben and Sunset


Pictures of Ben




Sunset at Glastonbury





Thursday 2 July 2009

Glastonbury Wednesday Night

Donna Hendra gets airborn......6000 feet at Glastonbury in glorious weather!...pictures to follow!.......Virgin Balloon Flights ROCK......especially their' ground crew'..... :-)

Wednesday 1 July 2009

Bath AM 1st July

Nobody else wanted to fly this morning, so we led the way. Decided the weathermen may be over pessimistic. Lovely morning ....bit hazy at times but pretty good ballooning conditions.......good launch at 0710 from Royal Victoria Park, landing after a fairly speedy flight at 5000ft near Iron Acton at a lovely farm run by lovely people........what more could one wish for when asking permission to remove 2.5 tons of basket and balloon from someones field.....