Hot air

2022 - 9 - 5

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Image courtesy of "Loveland Reporter-Herald"

Happy 100! Windsor Harvest Festival celebrates its centennial with ... (Loveland Reporter-Herald)

At 6 a.m. Saturday, the town of Windsor kicked off festivities to mark the 100th anniversary of the event with its popular hot air balloon launch. The fun ...

As the pilots and their passengers slowly rose into the sky, the crowd below waved and watched the colorful contraptions float off over the town. No matter their experience, all the pilots were eager and willing to chat with attendees.s. A new feature this year was the Chalk on the Walk contest. “I’ve always been interested in seeing how they fill the balloons and get everything ready for a flight,” said Dan Nobles from Brighton. The fun continued throughout the weekend with pancakes, a parade, movies, fireworks, bingo games, more hot air balloons and much more. Saturday, the town of Windsor kicked off festivities to mark the 100th anniversary of the event with its popular hot air balloon launch.

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Hot air balloons shaped like animals to take to the sky at Longleat (ITV News)

They will form part of Sky Safari - the UK's biggest annual hot air balloon event which is taking place from the 9 - 11 September. | ITV News Meridian.

More than 100 hot air balloons will be on display with crews from as far away as Alaska taking part in the competition. Hot air balloons shaped as animals including a lion, koala, cheetah and panther will be taking to the sky this weekend at Longleat. Hot air balloons shaped like animals to take to the sky at Longleat

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Timings for Longleat's Sky Safari when animal shaped hot air ... (Wiltshire Live)

The aerial menagerie will feature Longleat's very own Simbaloo, a lion-shaped hot air balloon, and Adelaide the koala.

Admission to the event is free with a valid day ticket or Annual Pass (selected dates), however advance For the first time, this year’s festival will feature a third night glow on Sunday where tethered balloons fire up their burners in time to an amazing musical soundtrack. The park have now revealed that between September 9 to 11, the aerial menagerie will feature Longleat’s very own Simbaloo, a lion-shaped hot air balloon, and Adelaide the koala. - 7.45pm to 8pm - Night glow inflation [ sign up to our newsletters](https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/). - 10.30am to 11.30am - Morning tethering - 2.30pm to 4pm - Afternoon tethering - From 5pm to 6.30pm - Evening mass launch - 11.30am to 12.30pm - Model Ballooning Other unusual flying objects include a screwdriver, a whiskey bottle, a coffee jar and a giant pair of lips. - 7.15am to 8.30am - Morning mass launch [UK's largest hot air balloon festival Sky Safari returns to Longleat](https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/whats-on/uks-largest-hot-air-balloon-7134742)

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