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Large format colour polaroid by Neal Slavin: Police Officers, The Mounted Training Establishment, Thames Ditton, Surrey. 16.6.83

Police Officers, The Mounted Training Establishment, Thames Ditton, Surrey

1983-06-16
High altitude, pressurized hot-air balloon ‘Daffodil II’ cabin: with the overall design specification by Julian Nott, England; cabin shell structure designed by Roger Munk at Aerospace Developments, London, England, and Tony Offredi, England; cabin floor laminate resin manufactured by Ciba-Geigy Ltd., Europe; with overall cabin construction by Maidboats Limited, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, 1973. On 25th February 1974, Julian Nott and Felix Pole used ‘Daffodil II’, to break the world hot-air balloon altitude record. They reached a height of 13,961 metres near Lake Bhopal, central India. Following the 1974 world hot-air balloon altitude record - for demonstration purposes - the balloon cabin was fitted out with two dummy pilots in pressure suits

Hot-air Balloon ‘Daffodil II’ Cabin: 1974 World Altitude Record Holder

1973
Digital voltmeter type LM902.2 made by Solartron Laboratory Instruments Ltd, Surrey, England, 4 1/2 digit display reading up to 1999 volts in five ranges

Digital voltmeter type LM902.2 made by Solartron Laboratory Instruments Ltd

1961-1969
Precision a.c. millivoltmeter type VF252 serial no.71596 by Solartron Laboratory Instruments Ltd, Surrey, England, 1.5mV to 15V in 9 ranges

Precision a.c. millivoltmeter type VF252 serial no.71596 by Solartron Laboratory Instruments Ltd

1960-1979
Square wave generator, type G0511, serial no.25719, made by Solartron Laboratory Instruments Ltd., Thames Ditton, England

Square wave generator

"Solarscope" type CD513 oscilloscope serial no. 14498 made by the Solartron Electronic Group Ltd.

"Solarscope" type CD513 oscilloscope

1959-1969
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.

Padded Base for Hot-Air Balloon ‘Daffodil II’ Cabin

1973
Cabin shell woven-roving carbon fibre and fibre-glass sheet sample; a taped-on label reads: “Sample piece of cabin shell made before construction of cabin”, designed by Roger Munk at Aerospace Developments, London, England, and Tony Offredi, England and constructed by Maidboats Limited, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, 1973. From high altitude, pressurized hot-air balloon cabin: ‘Daffodil II’, with the overall design specification by Julian Nott, England; 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. On 25th February 1974, Julian Nott and Felix Pole used ‘Daffodil II’, to break the world hot-air balloon altitude record. They reached a height of 13,961 metres near Lake Bhopal, central India.

Cabin shell sample, from hot-air balloon ‘Daffodil II’ cabin: 1974 world altitude record holder

1973