Aircraft Photo of G-MALT | Thunder & Colt Flying Hop | AirHistory.net #27437
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-MALT
Aircraft Original Type:Thunder & Colt SS
Aircraft Generic Type:Thunder & Colt SS
Aircraft Version:Thunder & Colt Flying Hop
C/n (msn):1447
Location
City / Area:Pidley / Lakeside Lodge [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:British Balloon Museum and Library
Event:BBML Inflation Day 2012
 
Photo Date:19 May 2012
Photo by:Mick Bajcar
Photo ID: 27437
Photo Comment

Hot air balloons have a limited life as their fabric becomes porous to hot air and most are capable of being inflated for about 400 hours. This example was built in 1989 and its certificate of airworthiness expired in 1997. It is in the shape of a hop and advertises a low alcohol beer with a registration of G-MALT another constituent of beer, though as I recall the product was a stranger to both ! A tethered flight at the British Balloon Museum and Library inflation day in Cambridgeshire.

This photo is copyright © Mick Bajcar, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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