| 1783 |
Our predecessors Pilatre de Rozier and
Marquis d'Arlandes made man's first ever hot air flight in a balloon
made of paper rising up on a hot air bubble created by
a burner fuelled by burning straw.
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| 1960 |
Ed Yost made the first modern hot air balloon
flight using rip stop nylon and a propane burner
|
| 1979 |
We were appointed Public Relations Company for
the World Hot Air Balloon Championships held in the UK
at Castle Howard - sponsor Robertson Jams.
|
| 1980 |
The first of two consecutive Women's World
altitude records set by Sue Hazlett in the JCB Balloon.
|
| 1984 |
Dawsons Toys - our first balloon dedicated
to passenger flights. |
| 1990 |
First of two new balloons added to our
passenger fleet sponsored by Sue Sheppard.
|
| 1995 |
First and only company to fly from Westonbirt
Arboretum.
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| 1996 |
Guinness Book of Records - World Record confirmed
for the highest number of parachutists exiting from a
hot air balloon simultaneously and in association with
the Red Devils Free Fall Parachute Team.
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Throughout the 80's - 90's and until the
present day we have acted for such well known companies
as Champion Spark Plug Co., Hoover, Sterling Health, Planters
Nuts, Proctor & Gamble, BRS, British Airways, Royal Mail,
Perrier, Orangina, Wookey Hole Caves amongst many other
household names in the formulation of regional, national
and international ballooning programmes.
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| 1998 |
Company features on LWT - Cilla's Blind
Date a flight from The Royal Crescent, Bath.
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| 1998 |
Andy Elson (former chief pilot) makes first
Everest flight.
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| 1999 |
Brian Jones (former chief pilot) makes
the first circumnavigation of the World in Breitling Orbiter
III.
|
| 2001 |
Bath Balloon Flights, Bristol Balloons,
Castell and Airtime merge to form Ballooning Network.
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| 2001 |
Bath Building Society purchase their fourth
public transport joint-venture balloon for the company.
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| 2004 |
Two new balloons for the company - a 350,000
cu ft. balloon for Bristol Balloons and a fifth Balloon for The Bath Building
Society.
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2006 |
Nic Amor joins the company as Operations Manager. |
2007 |
Michelle Holloway joins the company as Sales Manager. |
| 2008 |
Delivery of our new Z350 balloon G-CERC (Bath Building Society balloon) manufactured by Cameron Balloons, Bristol. |
| 2008 |
Philip Clark retires and Nic Amor & Gabby Clarke take over as the new owners. |
