Balloon across the trees, Staffordshire
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Balloon across the trees, Staffordshire by Roger D Kidd as part of the Geograph project.
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Balloon across the trees, Staffordshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 16 Oct 2011
The hot air balloon was travelling approximately eastwards towards Little Haywood, and viewed here from the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. The Stan Robinson hot air balloon has a volume of 250,000 cubic feet and is almost 100 feet (30 metres) tall. Constructed largely from special hyper-last fabric, the balloon should have a life of at least five or six years. The balloon was made by Cameron Balloons of Bristol - the same firm that made the successful round-the-world balloon for Breitling in 1999. Stan Robinson is a nationwide haulage company that won "Haulier of the Year" in a competition that put them up against many of the largest and perhaps better known distribution companies in the UK.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.792076
Longitude
-1.997452