Virgin Balloon Flight - Shrewsbury
Hot air ballooning in Shrewsbury with Virgin Balloon Flights
Launching from Battlefield to the north of the town, the right wind direction took us over the county town’s medieval street plan, the loop of the River Severn and Shrewsbury Castle.
Virgin Balloon Flights launch in Shrewsbury 21.5.14
Virgin Balloon Flights launch (Shrewsbury 21.5.14)
Virgin balloon Shrewsbury
Hot air balloon launch at Tissington, Derbyshire. (Virgin Balloon Flight)
Here is my video showing a hot air balloon launch at Tissington, Derbyshire. It was really interesting to see how it all happens.
This balloon took off from a field off Chapel Lane, Here is a Google Streetview of the field where it took off from :
There was a second balloon which actually took off before the Virgin balloon, I have put that footage at the end of the Virgin one as I didnt capture the getting ready for take off footage for that one.
Notice how the pilot has a DSLR attached to a metal holder suspended quite a way out looking towards the basket so they can take a brilliant photograph with the background in shot, very clever.
See the virginballoonflights website for info on how YOU can go up in one of these hot air balloons.
Looks like its going to cost £117 per person for the cheapest flight.
LAUNCHSITE ADDRESS
The Green
Tissington
Ashbourne
Derbyshire
DE6 1RA
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Andy
GRACEFUL FLIGHT - Hot-Air Balloon over Bristol UK
The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is held annually in England. Teams from the UK and other parts of the world bring their hot air balloons to the site and participate in mass ascents where as many as 100 balloons may launch at a time.
The event was first held in 1979 and is now one of the largest in Europe. It is common to have crowds of over 100,000 on each of the four days of the festival.[1] It takes place in a large country estate Ashton Court. Mass launches are made twice a day, at 6am and 6pm, subject to weather conditions.
One popular attraction is the night glow, when balloons are inflated and glow to music after dark. These are held on the opening Thursday night at approx 9:30pm, followed by a spectacular fireworks display. There is another night glow at the same time followed by the fireworks on the Saturday night. Some people see these as the highlight of the fiesta.[2]
The balloon makers Cameron Balloons are near to the fiesta site, in Bedminster, and make many of the special shaped balloons, which have included Rupert the Bear, The Scottish Piper, Bertie Bassett, the Tesco Trolley, Stuart the Minion, and the BBC One Balloon. Many shapes have also attended the fiesta from abroad, over the years a UFO and a beaver have travelled from the USA, a kiwi bird from New Zealand, and an upside down balloon from the Netherlands.
In the past, the fiesta used to be held in the second week of September, but due to cancellations of flights and the muddy ground because of bad weather, it has been moved in the start of August. This has had a great effect as more flights manage to fly; cancellations are now normally due to high winds.
The nightglow is one of the most popular parts of the fiesta.
In 2003, the weight of crowds returning from the Balloon Fiesta and Ashton Court festival put such a great strain on the Clifton Suspension Bridge that it was decided to close the bridge to all traffic, including pedestrians, during these events from 2004 onwards.[3]
In recent years, the event has diversified to include small scale air displays, attracting the likes of The Blades, Typhoon display team and the Red Arrows.
On 10 August 2013 they broke a balloon fiesta record after 74 balloons landed in one field near the former Somerdale Factory in Keynsham. [4] The record was then broken a year later, when 90 balloons again landed in the former Cadbury's chocolate factory on 9 August.[5]...
United States:
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America (/əˈmɛrɪkə/), is a federal republic[16][17] composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.[fn 6] Forty-eight states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.[19]
At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2)[20] and with over 324 million people, the United States is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area,[fn 7] and the third-most populous. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city is New York City; twelve other major metropolitan areas—each with at least 4.5 million inhabitants—are Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, Phoenix, and Riverside.
My Hot air Balloon ride over Hertfordshire England (full vid)
Flew from Hemel Hempstead Gadebridge Park and landed at the All Saints Pastoral Centre near Radlett.
If you would like to find out more about balloon rides over Hertfordshire visit
adventureballoons.co.uk/hertfordshire-balloon-flights.
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Hot Air Balloon Flight over Dorset with Virgin Balloon Flights
Our flight in a balloon over Dorset with Virgin Balloon Flights - Read all about it here:
HOT AIR BALLOON FLIGHT | YORK | ENGLAND
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All filmed on Canon g7x and GoPro hero 3 black.
Me and the other half finally got round to using her anniversary present up from last year!
we flew from York race course in York, Yorkshire, England with Virgin Balloon flights.
luckily we had a great sunshiny spring morning this time so we ere up for about an hour basking in the calm serenity before eventually floating back down to earth about 30 minutes by car from where we left!
for anyone thinking of booking this i cannot recommend it enough!
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So join us for a balloon ride from one of over 100 launch sites across England, Scotland and Wales. We'll give you the experience of a lifetime.
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Virgin Balloon Flight 26.04.15 - Set up, fly and take down a hot air balloon
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Balloon Flight From Whitchchurch To Wem. Virgin Balloon Flights
This ten minute short video was filmed from one of the largest balloons that Virgin operate in the UK. It's capable of taking up to 16 people for a journey time of up to 90 minutes. The balloon flight started at Whitchurch rugby ground and landed just outside of Wem in Shropshire. It was a perfect day for flying (6th April 2013) just a few weeks after the North of Britain had some very serious snow falls for many years!
The flight followed very closely along the Shrewsbury to Crewe railway line and in a test landing (half way into the flight) the passing train sounded it's horn, a nice touch I thought.
A most enjoyable flight and I would thoroughly recommend Virgin Balloon flights,
a great bunch of guys and a very professional operation indeed.
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Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Flight over Bath, United Kingdom
Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Flight over Bath, United Kingdom
Saturday, August, 16, 2014
Departure from Royal Victoria Park
Flight with Bailey Balloon Company of Bristol
(We had a wonderful experience.)
This is amateur video so it is a little shaky in a few spots.
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HOT AIR BALLOON RIDE BATH ENGLAND
It's time for a hot air ballon ride over Bath England aka Bath Uk. Ever taken a hot air balloon ride aka been hot air ballooing? It's an experience alright and not for the faint at heart. We have great views from this hot air ballon ride over Bath and Somerset United Kingdom. I will also mention that leaving at sunrise from Royal Victoria Park we had incredible vies of The Royal Crescent. Following that we head to the Thermae Spa which is incredible. Think about it, you're in Bath but the Roman Baths are closed, why not go to the baths of today? Thermae Bath Spa was busy but not crowded and offered lots from heated rooftop pool to lots in between including steam rooms, saunas the lot. Anyways, good day in Bath England and give hot air ballooing a chance some time, a hot air balloon ride might just be what's been missing from your life.
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Hot Air Balloon Flight Over Central London, June 2015, GoPro HD
A very special flight with 40 hot air balloons flying over central London as part of the Lord Mayor's Regatta. Landing in Kent.