Icicle Refrozen 06-07/01/24

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06/01/24 Icicle Refrozen, Donnington Grove

As suspected, the flooding seen across the country meant that no flying occurred, however the decent weather allowed for some tethering.
9 balloons were seen before I left at about midday.

G-BDVG Thunder Ax.6-56
G-BFFT Cameron V-56
G-BFME Cameron V-56
G-BFOZ Thunder Ax.6-56
G-BJWV Colt 17A Cloudhopper
G-BSAK Colt 21A Cloudhopper
G-CJEI Ultramagic M-77*
G-DIPZ Colt 17A Cloudhopper
G-SNKE Ultramagic M-90 (Snake SS/add-on)

*G-CJEI was only partially inflated during its CofA.

1 needed- G-SNKE

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[rj]

Made SNKE and and BSAK, amazing to think I made BFOZ on Jan 6th 1979 at Marsh Benham, so thats 44 years ago! Although I was only 8 at the time and it was the first balloon meet my dad took me to.
Rob

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Similarly I first saw G-BFOZ on 01/01/81 at Marsh Benham.
It was my first spotting balloon meet at the age of 6 !

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07/01/24

G-BIRE Colt 56SS “Bottle”
G-DIAL Cameron N-90
G-NWPB Thunder Ax.7-77Z

only the Bristol Balloon Collectors inflated anything today, so thanks to them for giving us something to look at!!

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[graham]

Cracking photos Phil, thank you

[seaharrierfa2]

How very odd two of those, BIRE and NWPB, I recall from my youth at St.Helens show in 1981/82. So to be together now is really weird to me. I used to cycle the 3 or so miles from home. Each year we had a couple of balloons and stuff like Marlboro Pitts or the Unipart RF-4s or Red Devils in their BN-2. Happy Days. As with many things the show is no more :-(

Bob