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Hello and welcome to our latest blog! It has been a busy few weeks for the Molly Mae Ballooning team, with back-to-back weekends at two of the biggest events on the UK ballooning calendar – the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta and the Northampton Balloon Festival. With plenty of flying, some fantastic balloons, new experiences, trainee…
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Welcome to our latest blog! This time written by team member Hannah Golding and detailing, her and her families adventure into model ballooning. Whilst Liam dreams big and hopes to one day own and pilot his own full-size hot air balloon. Helen made a passing comment last year that she’d quite like a cute little…
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Hello and welcome to our latest blog! This time we’re taking a look back at an incredible weekend spent at the 2026 Bath Summer Festival. This was held on the 18th of July. Organised by the Bath Balloon Club. Like many events throughout the ballooning calendar, this wasn’t simply about flying balloons. It was about…
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Hello and welcome to our latest blog, and the first in a new series! For this one we are looking into some of the ballooning world’s hidden gems. In this series we’re shining a spotlight on some of the fantastic people, businesses and products that help make the ballooning community what it is. Some of…
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We have gone two for two in terms of events over the last couple of weeks. We hadn’t fully recovered from an amazing weekend at Troutbeck when we were already setting off for the next event of the season. Another inaugural event too from Showtime Events, this time in Yorkshire. The ballooning side of things…
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Wow what a weekend that was! We have just got back from the very first (of hopefully many) Troutbeck Balloon Meet! This one has gone straight to being one of the best meets we have ever attended. The event was organised by Dan King, Maddie King, and Mark Stelling (along with the support of their…
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Our main goal with this business and with ballooning in general is to make it more accessible. There are a number of ways to do this. One of the most effective ways to reduce the cost of entry. We have achieved this by supporting new and upcoming pilots with the loan of kit, subsidised flying…
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At the time of writing this the team is still recovering from an absolute nonstop weekend of ballooning! What a weekend it was too! We completed three flights in special shape balloons and inflated several envelopes at the British Balloon Museum and Library inflation day. The inflation day happens every two years and is the…
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The 2026 ballooning season is off to a flying start, pun intended! Least year we enjoyed our first flights in April. So, for the 2026 season we were keen to beat the previous year. For months, the UK was hammered by almost nonstop rain and then in March it began to ease off. After what…
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This blog has been kindly written by team member Helen Goldring. Her and her son Liam attended the 2026 Llangollen Model Balloon Meet on the 14th of March 2026. When we think of a model we imagine a 1:24 scale replica. That’s not the case with model hot air balloons. They may be smaller than…
