2002: From the Phil Kavanagh factory in the Hunter Valley, Australia.
Balloon builder
Balloon
Hoverair Drifter
Shown at Sun ‘n’ Fun in March 1983 at Lakeland, Florida, was the Hoverair Drifter ultralight hot air balloon.
Honeywell Balloon Co
H.M. Balloon Factory Crusader
It took George Grover some fifteen years of continual agitation before he finally persuaded the War Office to carry out trials with free and tethered observation balloons, but in 1878 such a series of tests was carried out at Woolwich Arsenal, introducing aeronautics for the first time to the British Army. These experiments resulted in the first ever Air Estimate, when the War Office voted £150 to build a balloon designed by Captain J.L.B. Templer of the 2nd Middlesex Militia. In fact, the Pioneer, as this craft was titled, cost only £71, and made its first, successful, ascent on August 23rd, 1878. Templer was promptly, though unofficially, designated as instructor to the Corps of Royal Engineers in the art of ballooning, which duty he carried out with Pioneer and another balloon of his own, the Crusader.
H.M. Balloon Factory Pioneer
It took George Grover some fifteen years of continual agitation before he finally persuaded the War Office to carry out trials with free and tethered observation balloons, but in 1878 such a series of tests was carried out at Woolwich Arsenal, introducing aeronautics for the first time to the British Army. These experiments resulted in the first ever Air Estimate, when the War Office voted £150 to build a balloon designed by Captain J.L.B. Templer of the 2nd Middlesex Militia. In fact, the Pioneer, as this craft was aptly titled, cost only £71, and made its first, successful, ascent on August 23rd, 1878. Templer was promptly, though unofficially, designated as instructor to the Corps of Royal Engineers in the art of ballooning, which duty he carried out with Pioneer and another balloon of his own, the Crusader.
HAS Woodford Montgolfier
Built by HAS, Woodford, UK, G-ATWM was a replica of the Montgolfier hot air balloon. With constructor number B.100, it was of 50,000 cu.ft.
It was eventually withdrawn from use.
Hall Aries
Built by P.G. Hall in the UK, the Hall Aries was a 56,000 cu.ft hot air balloon registered G-BCGP c/n 1.
Grey Balloon
Built by R.F. Grey in the UK, the balloon was registered G-AYTL c/n RFG.1, and was 55,000 cubic feet.
Green S-25
Green S 25 G-BSON first registered to J.J. Green, UK, in 1990.
Green Royal Vauxhall / Nassau
The envelope of the Royal Vauxhall balloon was formed of 2,000 yards of crimson and white silk, imported in the raw state from Italy expressly for this purpose.
First flight: August 1836
Best journey: London Weilburg (Germany) on 7 8 November 1836, approx 600 miles (966 km), with six passengers in 17 hours.
Lifting agent: 70,000 cu.ft (1,982.2 cu.m) of coal gas.
Circumference: 157 ft (47.85 m).
Overall height (incl car): 80 ft (24.38 m).
Accommodation / Payload: 2 persons (28 if filled with pure hydrogen).
All Aero 