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...
Hope Hot Air Balloon
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...
1st Balloon Tour of Catalonia February 2015
Libby, David, Lisa and I were recently very privileged to be invited on the 1st Balloon Tour of Catalonia which ran from February 22-27. During our week we flew three times and were joined by fellow balloonists from all over Europe. We travelled through and flew over...
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...