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`THE FLYING SHOW 2011' - NEC BIRMINGHAM Late November is not particularly well know for its light aviation gatherings in the U.K. I guess that's why the Micro-light association chose to hold an indoor event at the NEC Bimingham. The event has grown to include all forms of general aviation, including of course models aircraft. Model Balloons UK, attended the 2011 event for the first time, as an extension of the British Model Flying Associations display - this included a variety of aircraft including several, out the box ready to fly kits, a spitfire with a wing span of less that 15cm and a gas turbine powered helicopter !!! MBUK held a small gathering with just a hand full of pilots pulled together a couple of weeks before the event. in total 7 balloons were flown over 3 display slots on the Saturday. LLANGOLLEN MODEL BALLOON FESTIVAL 2006 - 2010 I had been attending Llangollen Balloon festival since it first started during the mid 1990's, both as crew and as a spectator - enjoying the balloon accents, night glows, special shapes etc - but it was in2006 that the idea finally came to me to take along a model balloon and have a play inside the large tented pavilion which lies just 30m from the main launch site. That particular weekend had been very unkind to the event organisers, and following a few inflations inside the building on the Sunday morning, the events organiser and I put our heads together and with a list of people I had mostly spoken too on the internet we put together a plan for the `Llangollen Model Balloon Festival 2007` Event history 2006 Trial year - 3 model balloons 2007 The First open invitation meet for U.K. model balloon teams - 12 model balloons, 1 special shape, 1 hot air airship 2008 The Second open invitation meet, and first to include a competition for balloon endurance. - attended by 24 model balloons, including 2 special shapes and 1 hot air airship model. 2009 Drew in 27 model balloons and several new teams, 2 of these gracing the event with first flights of their new equipment. Records were established an broken this year, clubs were formed, old friends reunited and new friends made, and a great show put on for the public at the same time. a wonderful success, thanks everyone. 2010 was a revised event with just a small number of big and small balloons attending, in total 7 models were inflated over the two days of the event, making the best of the opportunity to gain access to the Llangollen pavilion. |
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