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Strap in, this is going to be a long one! Wow, where to start, the team has had a very busy weekend, and we have managed to get a lot of positive stuff done. I guess the best place to start as with most things is the beginning, which brings us to Friday the 1st of…
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The flying part of ballooning is actually the easiest aspect of the sport. Yes it takes a certain amount of skill to operate a giant bag of fabric on top of an oversized laundry basket filled with pressurised gas that you ignite above your head to keep it in the sky, but compared to the…
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Team Pilot Jamie has been working towards his commercial pilots license this year, he has attained his group A license already allowing him to fly advertising balloons and is now working towards adding a passenger carrying rating. To do this he needed to complete a proficiency check with a commercial operator which would act as…
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All of the team at Molly Mae Ballooning will agree that one of the best parts about the sport of ballooning is being able to share the magic and excitement that comes with it with others. So when the opportunity came around to do a workshop and demonstration with the local Scouts group we jumped…
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The team has some exciting news to share in our latest blog post, we can now officially confirm that we have partnered up with the British Balloon Museum and Library to help raise awareness of the awesome work that they do help preserve the history of ballooning in the UK. Firstly for those who don’t…
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The 0400 hour alarm was a sharp shock for the members of Molly Mae Ballooning on Saturday the 12th of July 2025, a training flight had been planned for Liam Menzies. The team had agreed to meet from our regular launch site at the Obelisk Centre in Northampton at 0445 hours. With the trailer hooked up,…
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Hello and welcome to our blog where we will be sharing our adventures in the coming years. We will be posting a short flight report and some photographs after each flight or event and also sharing any exciting news and opportunities with you all on here as well. So, to catch you up to where…