Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Sad ballooning news

gas balloonist janet flokes has died as news has filtered through our ballooning world she will be sadly missed here is a a video of her froma gas balloon record attempt back in 2009.

                                                                   Gas balloon record 2009
a camera on board a hydrogen-filled gas balloon as its crew breaks the world women's record for flight duration. Dr Janet Folkes, one of the pilots, talks us through the extraordinary footage.

Gas balloon take-off (Gordon Bennett 2010)
Janet Folkes and co-pilot Ann Rich prepare and take off from Bristol in the 54th Coupe AƩronautique Gordon Bennett. It is a gas balloon race.

 she will be very sadly missed. R.I.P Dr Janet Folkes


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