30 October 2004
Today we inflated the "Helix Oil Can" for the first time in Belgium. More pictures at the picturepage.
18 August 2004
Today we made the first "balloon exchange" with the Balloon Preservation Group. The Virgin Jumbo will stay at Balloons Rest In Peace for one year. The OO-BRM (Thunder AX.7-77 srs I) will get a holiday to the UK. Next week also the Helix Oil Can (G-HLIX) and the Computacentre I (G-COMP) will come to BRIP. The Virgin Jumbo will be inflated next sunday at Hamme (Belgium).
17 August 2004
Last saturday we were invited to participate at the balloonmeeting in Barneveld (Holland). After the flight we participated at the nightglow with the replica.
More pictures at the picturepage.
15 July 2004
Today the basket of the OO-BMA has its place at Sportimonium.
Sportimonium is the joint creation of the Sports Museum Flanders and the Flemish Folk Games Central. The Flemish Folk Games Central (1980) studies and promotes traditional games and the Sports Museum Flanders (1985) provides the services of a museum for sports in the widest sense. In the Sportimonium project, all the functions described on this website will be brought together under one roof accessible to public.
The futuristic term, Sportimonium, is derived from the Latin word for heritage: 'patrimonium'. The Sports Museum Flanders wishes to preserve and enrich this living sports heritage. Sportimonium is not a closed, antiquarian collection but a living resource for the past, present and future of sport. The illustrations on this website show what this heritage means in terms of objects.
This project allows sporting traditions not only to be studied but also to be experienced.
More information at www.sportimonium.be
26 June 2004
At the annual balloonmeeting of Hélécine Bart was responsible for the "pre-show" by demonstrating one of his old timer balloons: the OO-BGA. More pictures at the picture-page.
3 May 2004
As from this year BRIP will cooperate with the Balloon Preservation Group. They have worlds biggest collection of retired balloons with 46 special shaped and 130 normal shaped balloons. Later this year some balloons will be exchanged.
12 April 2004
We wish Jos Bosch and his balloontem lots of good flights with his new Elka-baloon. (photograph: Hans-Peter Croes). Last wednesday the 3 old Elka-balloons (OO-BJB, OO-BGH en OO-BEJ) were added to he collection. They will be inflated soon.
27 March 2004
Little wind and much sun. Perfect weather to inflate some balloons. We started with a very old balloon from 1972 (OO-EOL). After this beautiful balloon we inflated the OO-BVW, OO-BVL, OO-BLJ, OO-BCV and OO-BJL . More pictures here.
23 February 2004
Two balloons from Cock's where donated by Ballooning bvba.
The OO-BCV is a Cameron with a volume of 3.000m³.
His little brother, OO-BJL, has a volume of 2.200 m³.
The publicity of the OO-BJL has been removed.
Many thanks to Bob Berben and Reginald Geerinck for the cooperation.
18 October 2003
This Thunder & Colt 90A (OO-BVL) was donated by Luc Van Geyte.
14 september 2003
Today we participated with 10 balloons at the 1st Donkmeer Oldtimer Balloonmeeting.
20 balloons where inflated in the afternoon. Thanks to the organisation and
all pilots and crew for their help.
For more pictures click here.
27 august 2003
Another
balloon for the collection.
This Cameron N-77 was donated by Luc Goethals.
The publicity has been removed.
24 august 2003
This morning we inflated 3 of our balloons. We started with something
special: A replica of the first balloon built by the Montgolfier
Brothers. This balloon was manufactured by Cameron in 1982.
Later in the morning we inflated the Petrogaz (OO-BIG) and
old Bayer (OO-BAY).
On 14 september we will participate at the 1st
Donkmeer Old Timer Ballonmeeting.
19 august 2003
Today
2 balloons found there final place to rest in peace. Both balloons
where donated by the Belgian Balloon Club. The first is a Cameron
N-77, registered as OO-BIG. The second one is shaped like the
first balloon from the Montgolfier Brothers (OO-BGA).
Now it's waiting for good and calm weather to inflate both balloons.
21 july 2003
Last weekend there was a balloonmeeting in our town. On Sunday
François Schaut inflated 2 balloons from "Balloons
Rest In Peace". First we inflated the first Belgian balloon
(Planta - OO-GDB), and we didn't use a fan! ;-) Later on the
day François inflated his own balloon that
he manufactured in 1973 (OO-SWF). With this balloon he demonstrated
a so called "running take-off". A technique that was
used to inflate in windy conditions.
14 july 2003
We keep looking for old balloons, even during summer...
Last saturday, we had a meeting with Jacques Nokin. Jacques actually
flies the OO-BJN, a yellow balloon constructed by Patrick Libert.
His first balloon, the
OO-BAY, is a Cameron N-65a, also yellow, and initially with publicity for Bayer
on it. Later this publicity was removed and replaced by banners for the ULB
(a university in Brussels).
8 july 2003
At the balloonmeeting
in Olen some old balloons will be presented to the public.
On sunday 20 july around 5 pm the OO-GDB will leave its bag. This balloon (1970)
was the first Belgian hot air balloon ever. Later in the afternoon the OO-EOL,
OO-GDF and OO-SWF will do a static display.
21 july 2003
At the annual balloonmeeting of Hélécine Bart was responsible for
the "pre-show" by demonstrating one of his old timer balloons: the
OO-GDF, one of the first Belgian hot-air-balloons.
