Saturday 5 May 2007

Balloon Sacrifice



A few weeks ago we visited famous balloonist Robin Batchelor, who made a generous contribution to our trip equipment. The balloon called GBNAG, in which he taught Richard Branson to fly before Branson's record-breaking Atlantic crossing, had been languishing in his shed, and he decided to finally decommission it by giving us a section to use as a lightweight tarp.

Choosing a colour:















Cutting into ballooning history:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good post.