Ballooning records and oddities

When we at Balloons over Britain refer to records we are not talking about what was the longest flight or the highest, although there are plenty of those that we could mention here. One of the nicest records we like to refer to is the oldest person that has flown in one of our member’s balloon was 100 years and 4 days old, we think that is a wonderful achievement and shows that there are no age limits.

Another oddity and a record as well was the highest pint of beer pulled in a balloon achieved at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. The Captain of the Bristol RUFC, a team sponsored in the rugby premiership by the brewer Bass, pulled a pint of beer at 3,500 feet over the city of Bristol. Nice!

There are hundreds of instances of records and oddities in Hot Air Balloons and if you know of one or have been associated with one, tell us and we will put it on the site.