Flying frog

And also Air Fly will have a frog next year. Here are the first design visuals.

Kiss me, I'm a prince

Today Cameron dealer Koen Audenaert from Belgium announced his new project. The C-80 he purchased last year is currently at the cameron factory for some changes. The prince will be ready in March 2014 and travel around the world.

World's biggest slot machine

The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) announced the launch of a hot air balloon to complement their large format advertising. The custom made balloon, in the shape of a slot machine is scheduled to fly throughout Saskatchewan. The balloon will help raise awareness of SIGA’s six casinos and promote the SIGA Players Club.

Carriage of Princess

We received pictures from the test inflation of this new coach. The balloon will visit the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta next month and is for sale after the festival.

Queen bee

In April we published photo's from the Bunch of Bees balloon. Some time ago Bill finished his second special shape and the queen already participated at some festivals in Canada.

New balloons in production

Marcos from RVB announced the production of two new shapes. The flying mouse is for pilot Scott Saxton who also owns the elephant. Will be great to see them flying together. Then a new Brazilian clown for Kenny Shumate. More information about these balloons when they are ready to fly.

Little Wizard

The Little Wizard is ready and was inflated some days ago. Ricardo de Almeida from Aeromagic will participate with the balloon at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in October.

Hummingbird "Jewel"

Marcos from RVB Balloons manufactured this giant flying hummingbird for Bob Romaneschi. The balloon will be flown at several festivals worldwide.

Arsène

We already announced this balloon a month ago. This evening it was the official presentation. Thanks to Djorry Simoen for the pictures.

Rocket Man is ready

We announced this balloon on 23 may and this week the balloon was ready for the test inflation. The balloon will have a remote controlled smoke system that can be controlled by the pilot in the basket and will simulate and actual blastoff during launch!.

Breizh On Board

We received these pictures from the first flight of this new balloon. This flying lighthouse will be used to promote the region Brittany in France.

Arsène

Here's the design of a balloon who is in production at Cameron Balloons at this moment. Arsène is the maskot of a furniture shop in Belgium. More information about this balloon later.

Angry Bird's first flight

On 31 May worlds first Angry Birds Hot Air balloon was launched at the Taiwan Balloon Festival during a spectacular nightglow. Yesterday the balloon made its first free flight with Frank Wechter from Cameron Balloons USA as pilot. Visit www.eeehaaa.com for more information.

Splash duck

Omega Balonismo has designed this friendly duck which will go in production this year. More information later.

Flying Minions

Cameron Balloons manufactured these two identical minions also known as "Stuart" from the movie Despicable Me. Both balloons will be on tour in the UK and abroad to promote the sequal Despicable Me 2 which will be in cinema thaetres from july 3th. A video from the twins can be found here.

William Hill Scottish Cup

Again a new balloon for Andrew Holly (Exclusive Ballooning). The William Hill Scottish Cup will be tethered at Hampden Park Glasgow today and tomorrow for the final.

Taiwan flying heart

Today this heart shaped balloon made his debut at the Hualien International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in Taiwan. It's manufactured by Ultra Magic and will be used by the Taitung Government to promote the region.

Scuba diver

Here's Scuba diver. Manufactured by Air Fly balloons and available to participate at festivals. Will be for sale after AIBF.

The wizard

Available for immediate purchase. This shape will be built at Limelite balloons in partnership with Amazon balloons. The balloon will stand 120 feet tall, and have a volume of 110,000 cubic feet. This balloon will be built with American parts and American airworthiness certification. The buyer will have the option of choosing anything they wish to be printed on the globe, and the Globe will have a removable LED lighting system for Glows to make the globe illuminate. This shape can be ready to go before Albuquerque.

Little Wizard

Ricardo de Almeida from Aeromagic proudly present their next project. Little wizard will be ready in July and participate the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in October.

Princess coach

Caco Marques from Impcato Balloons is manufacturing this coach. It has 2 places with velcro for a banner with digital picture of Caco's 3 grand-daughters. Later the new owner can place his own banner with his daughters or grand-daughters on it.

Rocket Man

Andy Richardson from Limelite Balloons (USA) is working with Amazon Balloons (Brazil) to create Rocket Man. The balloon will have a remote controlled smoke system that can be controlled by the pilot in the basket and will simulate and actual blastoff during launch! First inflation is sheduled within a few weeks.

Babette

We received these pictures of the test-inflation at the Ultra Magic factory in Spain. This used to be a normal shaped balloon but now it's completely rebuilt to a balloon with add-ons. Pilot and owner Marc Verhelst will use this balloon to visit festivals all over the world.

Skywhale

To celebrate Canberra 100, Australia’s year long programme of events to celebrate 100 years of the country’s capital city, this strange balloon was manufactured by Cameron Balloons. Skywhale was designed by Australian artist Patricia Piccinini. The balloon is 22.7 m tall including the basket & wires, with an overall length of 34.4 m, a width of 28.6 m. It weighs 338kg in fabric alone as it is made up of over 3500 metres of fabric, much of which was specially printed, to give a graduated colour effect. For more information please visit www.theskywhale.com.

Giant Angry Bird

Frank Wechter from Cameron Balloons USA shows the design of their new project: a giant flying angry bird from the well known popular game. First flight is scheduled in June at a festival in Taiwan. More information later.

World's Largest Tablet

25 years after the first of three Financial Times iconic special shape newspaper balloons were launched, Exclusive Ballooning unveiled a very special new FT shape for 2013. Fit for the digital age, the new FT.com tablet enjoyed its maiden flight over the countryside of New Jersey yesterday morning. Standing some eight storeys tall, the front face of the tablet balloon is larger than a tennis court and shows a massive digitally printed FT.Com home page, complete with all the instant links to news, graphics, Apps, resources, video and information expected on a tablet screen.

Bunch of bees

Bunch of bees was developed by RVB Balloons from Brazil and built by pilot and owner Bill Whelan. It took 1500 hours of work but the result looks great. Bill is a beekeeper and this balloon envelope and the to-be-built 2nd one in the shape of a queen bee are tributes to bees. But there's also a serious reason behind their creation. You see bees are in trouble these days. Five years ago, a mysterious condition called Colony Collapse Disorder decimated honey bee colonies in parts of the United States and Canada. Now recent field studies published in Science magazine led to conclusions that a dramatic loss of queens and interference with the bees’ ability to find their way back to the hive could be indirectly tied to systematic insecticides, a common way to protect crops. Canadian farmers and Agriculture Canada are working to find solutions. Bill and Sandra Rolfe are hoping their two bee-themed balloons will draw attention to the plight of the bees.

New Holland tractor

Visitors from the agrishow New Holland were surprised when they saw a giant copy of the T8 tractor in the air. Manufactured by RVB Balloons this machine has a volume of 3500 m³, is 27 m long and 23 m tall.

Giant flying pants

Punters at the Cheltenham Festival were treated to a surprise unveiling of a giant pair of flying green y-fronts floating above the racetrack – believed to be the world’s first pair of flying undergarments and modeled on bookmaker Paddy Power’s legendary ‘lucky pants’. Paddy Power plan to use the balloon at sporting events to offer competition winners a chance to view sporting events from ‘the best seats in the house’. The balloon has a volume of 3300 m³ and has a 5740 cm waist size.

Pegleg Pete The Pirate Parrot

RVB Balloons sended these pictures from the first inflation of Pegleg Pete The Pirate Parrot. The balloon was for sale, but not for long. Dave Reineke who is selling his Bud E. Beaver (see for sale page) is the new owner. The balloon is available for festivals all around the world.

Samsung Galaxy SIII

This Samsung Galaxy III phone is manufactured by Sky Banner Korea. The balloon has no registration and is only been used once. Not sure what will happen with it.

Flying octopus

In 2009 Kavanagh manufactured their first special shape, the LIBRA Lucky Box (VH-LUB). Now they made a second one for their customer in Japan. This time a copy of an existing Octopus shaped Lindstrand balloon JA-A0925.