Here I am in the basket on its side.
An hour's flight from Sheffield to a field somewhere rural to the south, September 2002.
This was a 40th birthday present, delayed for 2 years because of the national Foot and Mouth disease crisis.
| A park in central Sheffield and the balloon is prepared for its inflation. | |
| The pilot inflates the balloon. | |
| Gaining height and flying over some tennis courts or something. | |
| High up above the city as we drift slowly south. | |
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We make a bumpy landing in a farmer's field. Here I am in the basket on its side. |
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| Tod and Linda discuss the flight as we wait for the recovery team to find us somewhere in Derbyshire. | |