Our Balloons

Lindstrand Technologies balloon

Our LTL Series 1-300 (ZK-FBT) is manufactured by Lindstrand Technologies Ltd in Oswestry, Shropshire, UK.

The volume of the envelope, the fabric part of the balloon,  is 300,000 cubic feet or 8,495 cubic metres for the Series 1-300 

The air is heated by a Lindstrand 'Jetstream' Series 2 Triple burner which can produce a heat output of 15,000,000 Btu's per burner or approximately 4,390 kW!

The company was founded by Per Lindstrand who has held most hot air ballooning records at some time.

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Kavanagh balloons

The Kavanagh E-160 (FBP), Kavanagh E-260 (FBK) and Kavanagh B350 (FBU) are built in Mt Kuring-Gai, Sydney, Australia by Kavanagh Balloons Ltd, Australia's only balloon manufacturer.

The volume of FBP's envelope is 140,000 cubic feet or 3,968 cubic metres. The air is heated by a Kavanagh double burner which produces 12,000,000 Btu's per burner or approximately 3,500 kW.

The volume of FBU's envelope is 350,000 cubic feet or 9,910 cubic metres, The air is heated by a Kavanagh 'Crossfire' Quad burner.

Kavanagh Balloons Ltd was founded in 1979 by Phillip Kavanagh.