| 1783 |
Our predecessors Pilatre de Rozier and
Marquis d'Arlandes made man's first ever flight in a balloon
made of paper rising up on a hot air bubble created by
a burner fuelled by burning straw. |
| 1960 |
Ed Yost made the first modern hot air balloon
flight using rip stop nylon and a propane burner. |
| 1978 |
Our founder, Philip Clark, flew out
from Ashton Court to France, thus establishing an absolute
distance record for hot air ballooning. |
| 1979 |
Appointed Public Relations Company for
the World Hot Air Balloon Championships held in the UK
at Castle Howard (sponsor: Robertson Jams). |
| 1980 |
First of two consecutive Women's World
altitude record set by Sue Hazlett in the JCB Balloon. |
| 1984 |
Dawsons Toys - our first balloon dedicated
to passenger flights. |
| 1990 |
First of two new balloons added to our
passenger fleet sponsored by Sue Sheppard. |
| 1995 |
First, and only, company to fly from Westonbirt
Arboretum. |
| 1996 |
Guinness Book of Records World Record confirmed
for the highest number of parachutists exiting from a
hot air balloon simultaneously and in association with
the Red Devils Free Fall Parachute Team. |
| 1998 |
Company features on LWT (Cilla's Blind
Date) with a flightfrom The Royal Crescent in Bath. |
| 1998 |
Andy Elson (former Chief Pilot) makes first
Everest flight. |
| 1999 |
Brian Jones (former Chief Pilot) makes
the first circumnavigation of the World in Breitling Orbiter
III. |
| 2001 |
Bath Balloon Flights, Bristol Balloons,
Castell and Airtime merge to form Ballooning Network. |
| 2001 |
Bath Building Society purchase their fourth joint-venture balloon for the company. |
| 2004 |
Two new balloons for the company - a 350,000
cu ft. balloon for Bristol Balloons and a fifth Bath Building
Society canopy to celebrate the Building Society's Centenary
year. |
| 2008 |
Bath Building Society purchase their fifth balloon. |
| 2008 |
Nic Amor and Gabby Clarke become the new owners of Ballooning Network Limited. |
