Grass Roots Balloons @ Sackville

We travelled down to the annual Grass Roots balloon meet, held at Sackville Lodge for the Saturday evening launch. The idea behind this event is to allow pilots an opportunity to fly without commercial pressures which preside over a number of other events in the ballooning calendar. Although the event now has a sponsor (Ultramagic Balloons) the focus is still very much on the flying with the only 'stalls' being an ice cream & burger van. This seems to be in tune with what pilots, crew & enthusiasts want than the mobile shopping centres offered at other events!

Sadly yet again the weather had a major say in the progress of the event, with a rain shower coming across the airfield just as crew were beginning to lay balloons out. Once the rain had cleared around half of what was previously laid out decided to go flying into the mist!


Hoppers

Misty Evening

EC-MBZ drifting slowly into the mist



EC-MBZ   Ultramagic S-70

G-ANNK   Tiger Moth
G-BHTG   Thunder AX6
G-BJSW   Thunder AX7
G-BOWB Cameron V-77
G-BOWM Cameron V-56

G-BRSA   Cameron N-56
G-BSBM   Cameron N-77

G-BSNU   Colt 105

G-BUYC   Cameron Concept 80

G-BVWB Thunder AX8
G-BWAJ   Cameron V-77

G-BWDH Cameron N-105

G-BZIH    Lindstrand LBL31

G-BZNV  Lindstrand LBL31
G-CBJS    Cameron C-60
G-CBMK Cameron Z-120

G-CCLO   Ultramagic H-77
G-CCOP   Ultramagic M-105
G-CCXD   Lindstrand LBL105

G-CDJX   Cameron N-56

G-CEEB   Cameron C-80

G-CFKB   Sportcruiser
G-CGGW MTO Sport

G-CGIH    Cameron C-90
G-CIDH    Cameron C-80

G-CRZE    Ultramagic M-105

G-DUGI   Lindstrand LBL90

G-FWJR   Ultramagic M-56

G-GOAL  Lindstrand LBL105

G-HOPR   Lindstrand LBL25

G-HPEN   Ultramagic M-120

G-OJMS   Cameron Z-90

G-OKEW Ultramagic M-65

G-PAFC    Cameron C-70

G-SBIZ     Cameron Z-90

G-SIXX    Colt 77

G-SJKR    Lindstrang LBL90

G-SUED    Thunder AX8

Sackville Lodge 01-10-2011

The main event of the day was the Grass Roots hot air balloon meet at Sackville. 40 balloons went up on the Saturday evening, not bad given the event had been posponed for a couple of weeks hoping for better weather.

G-AVJK Jodel 

G-AWPW PA-12

G-BBUU Cub 

G-BEEI Cameron N-77 "Greyhound"

G-BLTN Thunder AX7-65 

G-BNGJ Cameron V-77 "Latham Timber + Building"

G-BPHU Thunder AX7-77 

G-BRUV Cameron V-77 

G-BSAS Cameron V-65 

G-BUIN Thunder AX7-77

G-BUTJ Cameron O-77

G-BUYC Cameron Concept 80 "Windrush"

G-BVCN Colt 56A 

G-BVRU Lindstrand LBL-105A "HTV West"

G-BWPF Sky 120-24 

G-BWTE Cameron O-140 

G-BWWE Lindstrand LBL-90A "RAP Balloons"

G-BXXO Lindstrand LBL-90B 

G-BXXP Sky 77-24 

G-BXZI Lindstrand LBL-90A 

G-BYKT Pegasus Quantum 15
G-BZFB Robin 

G-CBMU Whittaker MW6 

G-CBNI Lindstrand LBL-90A "Cancer Research UK"
G-CCAE Jabiru 

G-CCOP Ultramagic M-105 

G-CCPO Cameron N-77 "Mitsubshi Motors"
G-CDDS Zenair CH 601
G-CEHT Rand KR-2
G-CEUJ SkyRanger 

G-CEVO Grob 109
G-CFNV SportCruiser
G-CGEC CTLS 

G-CGNJ Cameron Z-105 "Loughborough University"

G-CGWU Ultramagic S-90

G-CZAG Sky 90-24 

G-DUGI Lindstrand LBL-90A
G-EVAJ SkyRanger
G-IKEV Jabiru

G-IOFR Lindstrand LBL-105A "Royal Air Force"

G-IWON Cameron V-90 "21 Years Cameron"

G-KSKY Sky 77-24 "Sky Balloons"

G-MINN Lindstrand LBL-90A "Sparks Are Flying! DJ Electrical"
G-MYIS Rans S6
G-MYRF Pegasus Quantum 15 

G-MZFA Cyclone AX2000 

G-NIMA Balony Kubicek BB30Z 

G-OAER Lindstrand LBL-105A "Aero"

G-ODAF Lindstrand LBL-105A "Brain Currie"
G-OMRP CTSW 

G-OTEL Thunder AX8-90 "ICP Cleaning Services"

G-OTIV Dynamic 

G-PERC Cameron N-90 "Stanton Morris"

G-PUFF Thunder ZX7-77 

G-READ Colt 77A "Sunday Express" (EI-BYI)
G-ROMW Cyclone AX2000 

G-RXUK Lindstrand LBL-105A 

G-SBIZ Cameron Z-90 "Snow Business"
G-SKRG SkyRanger
G-SOPH SkyRanger 

G-SUED Thunder AX8-90 

G-TIPJ Cameron Z-77 "Tiptree"

G-WDEB Thunder AX7-77 

G-WJAC Cameron TR-70 

G-ZSKD Cameron Z-90