<p>c/n 1100.
Built in 1987 and used in a successful transatlantic flight from the USA to the UK in July 1987. Flown by Per Lindstrand &amp; Richard Branson, the flight set a world-record distance for a hot-air balloon of 2,788 miles. 
Rescued after ditching in the Irish Sea, the gondola in now on display in the ‘AirSpace’ hangar at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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26th January 2018
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajw1970/40247908681/">Gondola of Colt 2500A [G-USUK] “Virgin Atlantic Flyer”</a>