Another beautiful morning for a flight from Malham Show Field, right over the Cove and then over the tops towards Stainforth.
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A typical early morning take off from Wigglesworth near to Settle
It isn’t unusual for many of our clients to be nervous about their balloon flight, after all they may not have chosen the experience for themselves.
The Second Catalonia Balloon Tour
https://www.youtube.com/embed/4xVaERQHeSs Another great week in Catalonia with several other balloon teams (friends old and new) from around Europe. Outstanding scenery, interesting flights, lovely people and another great experience! Difficulties with the weather...
53rd Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross 2015
Once again fantastic weather for this gruelling event in the Yorkshire Dales.The brief this year was to appear at the start of the event and make a spectacle of ourselves - Mission accomplished!Not only did we fly from the start, but we also managed to land after an...
European Balloon Festival 2015
A selection of pictures from our annual pilgrimage to the European Balloon Festival in Igualada near to Barcelona. This year I took the Hope Technology Balloon G-HTEK, a Libby and two Georginas. Four days of flying took place morning and evening between Thursday July...
Cameron Z 31 Cloudhopper
This is our new Cameron Cloudhopper sporting the very green Hope Technology livery. Manufactured in 2014 I finally managed to get round to flying it from Broughton Hall just outside Skipton. It is a beautifully made as you would expect from Camerons. For a lightweight...
Our February balloon flight from the Pyrenees to the Costa Brava
Our balloon G-HTEK returned by road from Spain yesterday to the Hope Technology factory after our brilliant first balloon Tour of Catalonia.I had forgotten that inside the basket was my Garmin VIRB camera. I had used the camera to record our balloon flight from the...
Hope Technology hot air balloon
During 2014 I identified the need for a smaller and lightweight balloon. The plan being to use it for flight training for Georgina and anybody else interested. I was having some difficulty coming up with a unique design, so I mentioned the project to Ian Weatherill...