News Room - 1999

The photos of VH-SPY and VH-PAQ have been added as well as a new C-65 for Japan.

As anyone who has visited this site recently would have noticed it has been a long time between recent updates and in particular the new balloons. Well we are pleased to say that we have dusted off the prints and now have a total of 9 new balloons added to the New Balloons page.

Included in here are a new model, the B-105 a 24 gore balloon developed for the Australian Defence Force who wanted a very flat surface for some very detailed artwork

It was not so long ago that the first B-400 went into service and now number three has taken to the skies in a blaze of colour. Wanting to add another interesting design to the fleet, Hot Air in Cairns opted for a B-400 with a map of the world in striking golden yellow and blue. Follow the link above to see the photos of our largest canvas yet.

From August 28th the World Hot Air Ballooning Championships will kick off in Bad Waltersdorf, Austria.

Three Pilots are representing Australia - Paul Gibbs, Sean Kavanagh and Danny Galbraith. Follow the link to the official web page for the event to see how the Australian Team are going.

Five new balloons have been added to the pages with two E-300's,
an E-260, D-84 and a D-77

Well folks, it was that time again. A new look Kavanagh Balloons Web Site.

News Room - 1998

Four new balloons have been added. Hot on the heels of the B-400, Raging Thunder have added another two balloons they are an E-120 and E-300.

Peregrine in the Yarra Valley has a new E-300 and Balloon Sunrise of Melbourne have taken delivery of a new E-210 "Pura Light Start balloon" for their city operation.

Three new balloons have been added. An E-210 for Steve Griffin of Fly me to the Moon in Brisbane, an E-140 for Paul Bevitt of Hunter Valley Hot Air Ballooning and the B-400 as talked about below.

Canowindra turned on a perfect morning on Wednesday for the test flight of the new B-400. 23 lucky passengers (13 of them pilots!) and a lot of sand were on board for the occasion.

Registration : VH OFB Serial No: KB195 Built for: RAGING THUNDER, CAIRNS QUEENSLAND 34 metres from bottom basket to top of envelope 28 metres diameter Basket 4.3 x 1.5 double tee

Photos: Danny Galbraith

Photo: Suze McKenzie

Three new balloons have been added. An E-210 for Balloon Sunrise in Melbourne, an E-180 for Dawn Drifters in Canberra and a D-77 for Graeme Drummond & Gary Pask of Victoria.

Two new balloons have been added. A D-105 for James Carr of Higher than a Kite Ballooning in the Hunter Valley and an E-120 for Jenny Houghton of Balloon Flights Victoria.

The new balloons have now been added, long over due for an update but finally done. In the list is the latest of the Britannica CD fleet. This D-77 is the third of the flying canvases for Encyclopaedia Britannica Australia.