This was an early morning balloon flight from Earlham Park the wind was coming from the southwest making it an ideal for a transit directly over the city the airport was quite busy this morning so air traffic asked that we remain on radio frequency with them for the duration of the flight At 7 am we are aloft and climbing up to 2,500 feet we cross the inner ring road and track south of water works … [Read more...]

This afternoon we would launch from The recreation ground in Stowmarket Suffolk The weather has remained very settled and calm throughout March and April does seem to be following along and similar lines thank goodness I am sure we will pay for this at some point during the year However on and upwards The winds are light coming from the southeast Once airborne we climb out to 2,500 feet to savor … [Read more...]

This morning are balloon ride over Norfolk would start from Wymondam RFC we are aloft just after dawn without a cloud in the sky Our passengers soon agree that an early morning sunrise balloon flight is very special and the effort to arrive early in the day is a real bonus The wind on the surface was very light at 4 mph and aloft 10 mph coming from the NNE at about 020 degrees We headed out over … [Read more...]

A lovely afternoon for our ballooning adventure over the city of Norwich airborne just after 6 pm as the nights are now starting to pull out so we now meet are passengers a little later Norwich airport give us the go ahead for the launch and we start to gently drift away from the city over Cringleford as we climb we turn to the right by 20 degrees and level out at 3,000 feet The visibility is … [Read more...]

This morning our hot air balloon flight launches again from Earlham Park Norwich our forecasters had given us a good weather window for an early morning balloon ride the key is always to start early when the surface winds are light we often experience what the met office call nocturnal jets that form overnight when there has been no cloud cover and rapid cooling they are very common in Norfolk and … [Read more...]

Located directly adjacent to the University of East Anglia this launch site is an excellent facility to launch from giving unrivaled views of the city of Norwich and Norfolk Broads this afternoon we had a very light wind coming from the east making it ideal for our balloon flight the nights are now getting lighter so we lift at 6 pm We can only fly hot air balloons in stable weather conditions … [Read more...]

This is a beautiful launch site however needs very comprehensive planning to fly from here it sits in an elevated position just to the north of Ipswich so the views of the coast are stunning however it can only be flown if the wind is taking you away from the coast and Ipswich this is why Stowmarket and the Cornwallis Hotel are used as back up sites as its all about giving passengers a good … [Read more...]

Quite a number of people had arrived to see us fly from the recreation ground in Stowmarket this afternoon the wind was coming from the southwest and a little gusty so we delayed the launch for half an hour to let the wind settle down as it generally does coming from that direction once aloft we climbed up to 1500 feet quickly leaving the town passing over Stowupland and Gipping the visibility was … [Read more...]

This afternoon we launch just after 4 pm close to the city of Norwich and ascend to 3,000 feet the Norfolk Broads shimmer in the afternoon sun crossing the A11 passing over Hethersett Barford and Colton The busy market town of East Dereham comes into view as we fly gently on over the A47 still quite a lot of livestock on this route so we remain high as the views from the balloon basket are truly … [Read more...]

Another ideal afternoon for our balloon ride over Suffolk With a gentle breeze coming in off the sea from the southeast We launch from the recreation ground in the centre of Stowmarket just after 5 pm the visibility was good and we could clearly make out the Suffolk coastline and Bury St Edmunds to our north We drift gently over the villages of One House and Buxhall and after an hour aloft we land … [Read more...]