Today our balloon flight would be launching from the Ken Stimpson playing field at Werrington Sports Centre Peterborough. Our passengers arrived and were all very excited about the flight. It takes about an hour to get the balloon prepared for flight and conduct the safety brief for passengers and then family and friends who wish to follow. The wind was flowing a bit quicker than our forecasters … [Read more...]
Views of East Anglia Wednesday 22nd April 2009
The weather was warm and with a very gentle breeze this evening proved to be quite magical for our hot air balloon flight. We decided to launch from Newborborough, adjacent to the city of Peterborough. A big thank to Mr Clarke of Clarke's Garage for allowing us to use his Paddocks. We inflated the balloon and had a very gentle launch at 6.30 p.m. Although the wind speed was slow at no more than 6 … [Read more...]
High above Norfolk Monday 20th April 2009
We launched from Mattishall golf club just after 6 p.m. Mr Basil Todd who owns both Mattishall and Wensum Valley hotel and golf club arrived to say hello to our passengers and watch the launch. We are very fortunate that we are able to have the use of these two excellent facilities. In fact if you fancy a round of golf or two you should really give them a look, its also a great location to enjoy a … [Read more...]
Views of Norwich and beyond Sunday 5th April 2009
This Norfolk balloon ride was quite interesting from a pilots point of view. The weather forecast was ‘Down the line' So we assembled our passengers at Mattishall golf club and launched in a very gentle 3mph breeze coming from the south west. Interestingly when we obtained our departure weather information from Norwich airport they were reporting the wind at 11mph coming from the south east, they … [Read more...]
Balloon ride over Norfolk Sunday 29th March 2009
We greeted our Norfolk hot air balloon passengers under clear skies, a gentle breeze coming from the southwest; making this afternoon ideal for our balloon flight over Norfolk. Inflating the balloon was a very gentle and easy affair and we were soon airborne. The visibility was unusually crisp and clear. We started a gentle 5.mph drift towards the rural village of Gressenhall with the town of … [Read more...]
Ballooning over Cambridgeshire Sunday 29th March 2009
The hot air balloon launched at 5.15pm from Thorney park adjacent to the city of Peterborough. We flew for two hours. The cloud base was quite scattered so we were able to climb out to 9,000 feet with the ground clearly visible, the cloud was rapidly melting away leaving breathtaking views. We could see the wash, Rutland water and the Norfolk coast at the same time! Also to our south the city of … [Read more...]
Views of Cambridgeshire Sunday 15th March 2009
This balloon flight over Cambridgeshire launched from Thorney near Peterborough on Sunday afternoon. It was a lovely day with unbroken sunshine and a fresh spring fell in the air. The wind was a very gentle 6 M.P.H. coming from the North West. Once up at 3,000 feet Peterborough was in clear view with Oundle and Northamptonshire out to the west. To the north the wash was clearly visible as were the … [Read more...]
High over Norfolk Sunday 15th March 2009
It is very exciting when we start a hot air balloon flight season with spring arriving. Over the winter the one thing that can prevent us from flying is if the ground conditions become too saturated with ground water. This can make handling the equipment on the ground difficult. However after a week of dry weather conditions are now perfect. We gently launched from our base near Dereham, … [Read more...]
Company training day Saturday 7th March 2009
It is always ‘Best practice' at the start of any balloon flight season to have a day were we can review our operational procedures. The day started with Phil from Paramount Fire from Kings Lynn to conduct an in depth fire course for pilots and ground crew. This course is approved to CAP611 standards and fully approved by the Civil Aviation Authority. The course included handling Water, foam, CO2 … [Read more...]
Stamford & Rutland water Saturday 14th Feb 2009
The balloon launch was from the historic market town of Stamford in Lincolnshire. Gaining height a picture post card scene was on display. A light dusting of snow for as far as the eye could see turned the landscape of Rutland, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire into a breathtaking vista. To the east the great reservoir of Rutland water covering over 3,000 acres was well defined. With Upper … [Read more...]
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