Our ‘static’ ad roundup conducted during June has resulted in a fair number of ‘dead’ ads being removed this issue, but more importantly price reductions for others. Four envelopes have been removed for various reasons, but 5 more have replaced them - ranging from an aged but flyable V-77 envelope with a year’s ARC, a nice complete Cameron C-80, 2 rides envelopes, one of which … [Read more...]

There is plenty of activity on the market at the moment, although we have only heard of 2 envelopes selling from these pages during May. The Concept 90 G-CECD has gone to Belgium and the Australian based Cameron Z-315 envelope has gone to South Africa. The nice Ultramagic bottom end has also sold. For June we bring you a complete Sky 77 with only 34 hours, complete mid size … [Read more...]

The BBM&L’s biennial Inflation Day at Lakeside Lodge, Pidley suffered from the worst weather for the event in many years. It rained on and off the day before, through the night and was still grey with rain at the 0830 briefing on Saturday 28th. Fortunately the winds remained reasonably light, the rain eased and three enthusiastic “inflation teams” worked hard all day to … [Read more...]

Two envelopes have been notified as sold during March - a 42 & 90 (both going abroad) together with two bottom ends, a number of tanks at Zebedee plus the usual bits & pieces. As is often the case at this time of year we expect many other items are on the move - so please tell us if you have sold (or bought) an item still advertised in these pages .... New for April … [Read more...]

Ring the bells! What is almost certainly Zebedee’s longest running envelope advert, Geoff Lane’s Thunder Ax9-140 G-BTJO has finally sold in the USA .... Made of silver mylar laminate left over from the ‘Pacific Flyer’ era. With just 25 hours in 4 flights it was a real endurance balloon. Let’s hope 17+ years of USA storage has kept it in good shape .... Also sold is Peter … [Read more...]

2018 has commenced with plenty of activity on the balloon market. Sold from the list, including our ‘Stop Press’ section, have been envelopes sized 31.56, 145 and 250, whilst we have finally heard that a 210 on the List was sold a year ago! Plenty of baskets, burners, tanks and smaller items have moved too. New for February is a Cameron 90 from Nick Amor, an airship ‘bottom … [Read more...]

December seems to have flown by with very little time between editing the December issue and this, our first offering for 2018. Consequently we can only report one envelope and several smaller items as sold during that time. New for January are just the two envelopes which have appeared on ‘STOP PRESS’ over recent weeks. The period running up to and over Christmas has seen a … [Read more...]

Only two envelopes sold during November, although a fair few smaller items found new homes. For December we have lots of new entries - 2 rides balloons - an old 250 envelope, the 2 envelopes which appeared under ‘Stop Press’ last month, a selection of smaller items from Colin Wolstenholme, one of Thunder’s famous 1m square baskets, a rides balloon camera system and a whole … [Read more...]

October was another month to see minimal sales on the envelope front, with a couple of advertisers withdrawing their ads for November having not attracted suitable buyers - maybe it is the time of year .... New for November is a ‘Ladybird’ Cameron 105 envelope plus a rather tired Colt 180A, which having not flown since 2006, lacks transition to the EASA airworthiness … [Read more...]

The September issue resulted in one complete balloon (an 80) being sold, with another withdrawn from sale. The 8m tethered sphere also sold, as did a whole host of smaller items. Nick Dunnington has satisfied his “situations wanted” ad and Steve Hawke at Raging Thunder in Australia has filled his vacancy - but not with each other! The main additions for October are from Andy … [Read more...]

August proved to be a quiet month for sales - unless you know better! One balloon was temporarily withdrawn from sale, whilst a number of bottom ends once again found buyers. Please remember to report your sales - or tell us if you spot any ads where you know a sale has already been made. New for September is a 77 - available as a complete balloon or envelope only from Chris … [Read more...]

July has been another busy month for the ballooning market place. Two complete balloons (a 150 & 210) plus two envelopes (77 & 120) have sold, together with a whole host of baskets, burners, scoops and other bits & pieces. New for August are two small envelopes (31 & 42), two complete balloons (77 & 133), a complete airship, another bottom end, basket and … [Read more...]