Padded Base for Hot-Air Balloon ‘Daffodil II’ Cabin
Padded foam base for the high altitude, pressurized hot-air balloon cabin. Overall specification designed by Julian Nott, England, with the cabin shell structure designed by Roger Munk at Aerospace Developments, London, England, and Tony Offredi, England, and constructed by Maidboats Limited, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, 1973. Julian Nott and Felix Pole used the high altitude, pressurized hot-air balloon cabin to break the altitude record for a hot-air balloon in Daffodil II, 1974, when the balloon reached a height of 45,836 feet near Lake Bhopal, central India.
Details
- Category:
- Aeronautics
- Object Number:
- 1974-593/5
- Materials:
- polyester and plastic (unidentified)
- Measurements:
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overall: height = 450 mm x width = 1750 mm x depth = 1750 mm, weight = 312.5 kg
- type:
- base - object component
- credit:
- Nott, Julian
