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Post by zz on Aug 7, 2019 13:16:33 GMT
Due to the dire weather forecast across the weekend, an extra launch slot has been added for tomorrow morning (Thursday 8th)
Hopefully this may help someone and help avoid a wasted trip on Friday or Saturday.
The Darth Vader special shape (OO-...) is due to fly in the launch tomorrow morning.
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Post by davidallum on Aug 7, 2019 16:42:46 GMT
Due to the dire weather forecast across the weekend, an extra launch slot has been added for tomorrow morning (Thursday 8th) Hopefully this may help someone and help avoid a wasted trip on Friday or Saturday. The Darth Vader special shape (OO-...) is due to fly in the launch tomorrow morning. Thanks zz,the only days I could have made this year were Sat and/or Sun so I'm not bothering.Hope it's a good launch tomorrow morning as I fear this will go down as one of the worst fiestas on record. |
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Post by zz on Aug 7, 2019 18:01:26 GMT
Don’t write off Sunday just yet.
Its Friday and Saturday that appear hopeless but they say they hope for “a busy Sunday”.
Sadly I can’t make it tomorrow morning- I may try in the afternoon to see if any of the special shapes are tethered, in particular
Darth Vader and the Taiwanese registered Bear
Cheers
Phil
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Post by davidallum on Aug 7, 2019 18:22:31 GMT
Hi Phil,
I hope you are right but the weather website I'm looking suggests 17 mph winds @ 6am,not looking good.
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Post by zz on Aug 7, 2019 19:39:01 GMT
The met office is showing 11kts gusting 20.
So I guess tethering is more likely.
My hope is that if they’ve brought a shape from Taiwan, and a crowd-funded shape from Belgium they’ll at least tether them if the weather is good enough.
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Post by davidallum on Aug 8, 2019 7:05:48 GMT
A friend of mine had to go to a customer in Bristol so he went to Ashton Court and has sent me two photo's,the Bear from Taiwan and Darth Vader both flew out of a total of 64 balloons that took part.
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Post by zz on Aug 8, 2019 7:30:41 GMT
The last I heard was 57, but you’re probably right- it’s probably increased since then.
Those that I know of are
EDIT....
Thursday 08/08/19 am launch
G-BZJA Chubb Fire Extinguisher SS
G-CKFI Belvoir Drop SS
G-CLBH Hunter Boot SS
G-DAAY Adelaide Koala SS
G-IMCH Ricoh Cube SS
G-PAWW Panther SS
G-WESS Wes the Wolf SS
B-00012 Oh Bear SS
OO-BQZ Darth Vader SS
G-BVBU
G-BYHU
G-BZYY Up Down
G-CBWK
G-CCVZ
G-CDGN
G-CDIT St Peter’s Hospice
G-CDYL
G-CEKS Taittinger Champagne
G-CFEK Penny Plant Hire
G-CGFY
G-CHFM David Hathaway
G-CGVY
G-CGZR
G-CIHG
G-CIHI
G-CIHN
G-CIHO CJ Hole
G-CIXU Shield
G-CIZM Tribute
G-CJLT
G-CJRO BWS
G-CJXI Bailey Balloons
G-CJXJ University of Bristol
G-CKEG Thatchers
G-CKTG Keep Calm and Fly Kubicek
G-CKTW
G-CKWW
G-CLCC Cameron
G-CLGK Bateman Skips
G-CLHV Belmont Estate
G-CSEE
G-CXCX
G-DKGM
G-FMGB Fortnum Mason
G-GAGE S.M.Gauge
G-IBCF Cash4cars.co.uk
G-JHAA
G-JIMA
G-KAYI Snow Business
G-MILE
G-NFVB Novia
G-OFAA Fly Navy
G-OPBW Polar Bear Windows
G-ORCV R.V.S
G-OTCT
G-OWLY
G-PURP
G-RECL Ben’s Tiles
G-RENI Renshaw
G-RFLO Raffaello
G-TOPB Anana
G-XBXX
OO-BNT Tims
HB-QCD
JA-A1581
Additions tethered during the day
G-BUVW
G-EGES Pants SS
G-STOW Stowells Wine Box SS
Thanks to Dave and Keith (below) for filling in gaps and adding notes
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Post by davidallum on Aug 8, 2019 8:20:00 GMT
I don't yet know the reggies Phil,but he also logged a Japanese & a Swiss one.
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Post by zz on Aug 8, 2019 9:12:50 GMT
Cheers- I did see a picture of a striped Japanese balloon- can’t find it now!
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Post by davidallum on Aug 8, 2019 10:03:37 GMT
HI Phil,
HB-QCD AX8-90 S2
JA-A1581 Sport 80
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Post by filair on Aug 8, 2019 12:46:38 GMT
Local TV news have just shown several tethered Balloons including the
green welly boot,but not the Bear or Darth Vadar.
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Post by keithh on Aug 8, 2019 13:34:04 GMT
Missing from the list are
BZJA CHUBB
CBWK
CCVZ
CDGN
CGFY
CGZR
CIHG
CIHI
CJRO
CJXJ
CKTW
CKWW
CSEE
CXCX
DKGM
JHAA
JIMA
MILE
OTCT
XBXX
And one more shape
PAWW
Cameron demo was CLCC
Bateman was CLHV
Belmont was CLGK
65 in total but BZJA and RFLO tethered only
CKTW flew in the field only after all had left
EGES Paddypower pants was tethered during the day along with a few others
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Post by keithh on Aug 8, 2019 16:36:10 GMT
Tonight and both tomorrow’s launches cancelled already. Tonights glow baskets only
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Post by zz on Aug 8, 2019 16:37:53 GMT
Managed to catch Darth Vader and the new Ricoh Cube this evening.
Unfortunately just too late to see EGES Pants - again!
STOW Stowell’s Wine Box SS also tethered late afternoon.
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Post by keithh on Aug 9, 2019 16:14:25 GMT
The last I heard was 57, but you’re probably right- it’s probably increased since then. Those that I know of are EDIT.... Thursday 08/08/19 am launch G-BZJA Chubb Fire Extinguisher SS G-CKFI Belvoir Drop SS G-CLBH Hunter Boot SS G-DAAY Adelaide Koala SS G-IMCH Ricoh Cube SS G-PAWW Panther SS G-WESS Wes the Wolf SS B-00012 Oh Bear SS OO-BQZ Darth Vader SS G-BVBU G-BYHU G-BZYY Up Down G-CBWK G-CCVZ G-CDGN G-CDIT St Peter’s Hospice G-CDYL G-CFEK Penny Plant Hire G-CGFY G-CHFM David Hathaway G-CGVY G-CGZR G-CIHG G-CIHI G-CIHN G-CIHO CJ Hole G-CIXU Shield G-CIZM Tribute G-CJLT G-CJRO G-CJXI Bailey Balloons G-CJXJ G-CKEG Thatchers G-CKTG Keep Calm and Fly Kubicek G-CKTW G-CKWW G-CLCC Cameron G-CLGK Bateman Skips G-CLHV Belmont Estate G-CSEE G-CXCX G-DKGM G-FMGB Fortnum Mason G-GAGE S.M.Gauge G-IBCF Cash4cars.co.uk G-JHAA G-JIMA G-KAYI Snow Business G-MILE G-NFVB Novia G-OFAA Fly Navy G-OPBW Polar Bear Windows G-ORCV R.V.S G-OTCT G-OWLY G-PURP G-RECL Ben’s Tiles G-RENI Renshaw G-RFLO Raffaello G-TOPB Anana G-XBXX OO-BNT Tims HB-QCD JA-A1581 Additions tethered during the day G-BUVW G-EGES Pants SS G-STOW Stowells Wine Box SS Thanks to Dave and Keith (below) for filling in gaps and adding notes Still missing one CEKS Tattinger |
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Post by zz on Aug 9, 2019 17:11:50 GMT
Ok thank you - I’ll add it!
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Post by zz on Aug 9, 2019 17:12:41 GMT
Not surprisingly the Saturday am and pm launches have been cancelled.
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Post by davidallum on Aug 10, 2019 16:30:02 GMT
Just read on their official website that tomorrow's 6am mass launch has been cancelled with the actual site not opening until 10am.Looking @ the weather forecast I would think that the planned 6pm launch is in doubt.
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Post by zz on Aug 10, 2019 16:49:25 GMT
I would think so.
Realistically tethering is the only likely/possible chance of seeing something tomorrow.
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Post by zz on Aug 11, 2019 10:42:34 GMT
A few balloons have tethered today apparently
G-MOJI Emoji SS
G-PAWW Panther SS
B-00012 Oh Bear SS
OO-BQZ Darth Vader SS
G-CDDN Fishtank
G-CEKS Taittinger
G-FMGB Fortnum Mason
G-RECL Ben’s Tiles
G-RENI Renshaw
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Post by zz on Aug 11, 2019 15:39:35 GMT
Not surprisingly, evening launch cancelled!
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Post by keithh on Aug 11, 2019 20:51:26 GMT
We camped in our van from Wednesday and yesterday was terrible. We have heavy solar panels and one gust lifted them six feet in the air and the only thing that stopped them going further was the cables that were ripped out on landing. At the same time our door was sucked open and smashed against the side of the van shattering our retaining catch. Luckily our neighbours re wired the panels for us. The van on the other side had its awning ripped clean off. All in all, an interesting weekend but worth it for Thursday mornings launch.
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Post by filair on Aug 12, 2019 9:20:10 GMT
To cap it all,this morning in Bristol was,to my mind,ideal for Balloons,
high cloud,dry and very little wind,most annoying for everyone
involved with the event.
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Post by zz on Aug 12, 2019 10:13:22 GMT
Yes so unlucky- great conditions Thursday morning and Monday morning. Horrible in between!
At least they had the forethought to add the extra launch on Thursday morning to stop it being a complete blow-out!
Personally, I couldn’t make it Thursday morning , but I made 4 on Thursday afternoon so not a complete write-off for me either!
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Post by keithh on Aug 12, 2019 15:23:11 GMT
I won't repeat the above list but I made the following, G-CKWW G-CLGK G-CLHV G-DKGM G-IMCH G-JIMA G-XBXX B 00012 JA-A1581 I also needed photos of G-BVBU and G-CLCC so well pleased overall.  DSC02078 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02083 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02085 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02088 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02091 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02092 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02095 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02096 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02097 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02103 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02105 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02110 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02113 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02116 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02118 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02126 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02128 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02139 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02142 by keith harbor, on Flickr  DSC02151 by keith harbor, on Flickr |
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