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Despite challenging conditions which saw a number of balloons grounded and deciding not to fly, Trigger G-BIBO & G-BWKV took to the skies on the 32^nd Bristol International Balloon Festival. The Team took to the skies on the Friday morning known as the Media day flying slot the flight took the balloon over Bristol before landing at Hengrove Park. This year’s festival is under new leadership and this proved to be very successful despite the weather conditions.

There was also a few celebrations on the team as well, Pilot Douglas Hoddinott celebrated his 23^rd Birthday during the events and the balloon Trigger (G-BIBO) celebrated being 30 during the event.

Despite the lack of flying the team made some noticeable appearances on the news including TV, Radio Websites, and even front page coverage on local Papers, the team even got a mention on the festival PA system due to our celebrations during our event.

Footage of the festival with Trigger balloon team appearing.

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If you have pictures of our Balloons Trigger G-BIBO or G-BWKV from the Bristol Balloon festival please email them over to us for a chance to win in our facebook competition.

This weekend saw Trigger Balloon Team take part in the Exclusive Cup in Gloucestershire along with some of the worlds most experienced Pilots and Teams. Balloon teams came as far as the USA, Czech Republic and Austria to take part along with some of the well-known UK competition pilots including former world champion David Bareford.

The team took part in the three flyable competitive slots during the weekend and picked up an impressive 25 Points, including a marker drop of just 4.22 Metres which got the team 5th Place on the Sunday morning Tasks. The team also took part in some of the fun events of the weekend including the long distance challenge where the team achieved 3rd only to be beaten at the post by 1km for 2nd with 1st place flying all the way to Frome covering a large distance to claim the award.

Trigger Balloon team will be looking to get involved in more Competition events in the future and will build on the successful result achieved at the Exclusive Cup.

This morning saw Trigger balloon team take off on a special flight over the city Bristol. At around 5:51am the team took to the skies half hour before Sunrise to try and capture the Sunrise over Bristol from 2000ft. Preperation was Key and before the flight we had to seek special permission from Bristol Airport to fly at the height of 2000ft. We also had to be very careful when setting up the balloon as it was almost pitch black in Ashton Court and when taking off the balloon was seen over the city as a massive lightbulb when the burner was on. However the sunrise eluded us as the cloud on the horizon stop us seeing the sunrise, but we still took some brilliant pictures from the flight which also took us over the city of Bath as an added bonus.

Pictures to follow.

You can now follow the team on each of the flights they do on facebook, the fan page set up for Trigger Balloon Team will be updated before and after the flight to let people know where the team will be taking off from followed up with pictures and a how the flight went. We will also be keeping fans upto date on any events we will be attending this year which so far includes.

North Somerset Show
Exclusive Cup (Gloucestershire)
Bristol Balloon Festival
Tavistock
Bedford Grass Roots Balloon Meet

We also hope to confirm several other events in the coming weeks.

Ballooningmedia is pleased to be attending the Bristol Balloon Fiesta for a third successive year. This year will see an increase of Balloons attending to 150 and will see sweeping changes made to ensure it is a better event as a whole.

G-BIBO with Trigger Balloon team will be attending from 12th -15th August.