Closing date for the November 2026 issue (No 475) is 28th October 2026
Latest Issue
Issue 474: October 2026
G-LPAD and G-GABI found new owners during September as did the long advertised ‘crown platform’ used many years ago atop one of Flying Pictures balloons. Peter Lickorish also reports the sale of his Tekno basket.
For October Glen Everett has knocked £1000 off the price of his virtually new UM B26 Hopper G-CLOX, just in time for the 2026 One Man Meet, recently announced to be held at Husband Bosworth Airfield, Leics on Friday 9th to Sunday 11th October. Contact John & Wendy at onemanmeet@btinternet.com
As with so many things in life recently the price of Rego Male fittings as used in our refuelling hoses/adapters has increased dramatically since our last order. One supplier was also quoting a six month delivery delay! Just another sign of the world’s present turmoil ….
This month we have been forced into changing from Microsoft Publisher to Scribus as our desktop publishing programme for both the paper copy and therefore the web version (which is taken from the paper copy and loaded by our webmaster). Let us know if you have any issues accessing your Zebedee List!
Time for bed said Zebedee!
For several months we have been contemplating the future for our business, as has Chris Dunkley at Easy Balloons. Don’t panic! No immediate changes are planned, but being realistic the next few years will see us winding down and we thought we should spell out some timely truths and maybe encourage some youngsters into balloon maintenance & repair.
We have written a joint statement which we hope will trigger both business enterprise and some thoughts as to how you can ease the pain of your next repair …..
Scam Warning
WARNING!
We have been alerted by two of our advertisers to a scam which is currently doing the rounds. In each case the potential buyer agrees to buy an item and then sends a cheque in payment. However the cheque is for more than the asking price of the item. The ‘buyer’ then asks the seller to refund the difference. Because it sometimes takes a week or more for the bank to process a cheque, it can be some time before the seller realises the cheque has bounced.
We have heard of 4 advertisers who have received enquiries in the past week for equipment. They all involve a complicated routine involving (international) cheques and the fact that the enquirer is on honeymoon… beware !