Mister Globie
Hot air balloon aerial marketing is a creative, memorable and flexible way of building brand and product awareness, while offering substantial advertising value. Buying a special shape guarantees high impact promotion and advertising, making you stand out from the noise.
With nearly one thousand unusually-shaped hot air balloons to our name, Cameron Balloons are regarded as the world’s leader in special shape balloons. Whether your idea is based on a character, icon, an inanimate object or living subject, you can be assured of an accurate representation with precise artwork techniques, all built to the very best engineering standards available.
Our friendly Sales Team and expert designers start with a precise illustration. Working closely with clients, our expert craftspeople then create blueprints for the precise representation to help visualise the product in balloon fabric.
Our team use the visualisation to build up a 3D computer model. These fabric engineers then calculate the precise dimensions and quantity of fabric needed to manufacture the show-stopping special shape hot air balloon.
Hundreds of fabric panels are precision cut and the latest ink-jet techniques ensure a perfect representation of artwork, photographs and logos.
A large metal load-ring and structural load tapes are designed and built in, providing overall strength to these incredible aircraft, alongside the other vital elements such as deflation systems, control lines and ropes.
Fabric panels are delivered to a team of highly skilled machinists, who can often sew up to 8 kilometres of stitching to manufacture a single hot air balloon. Those thousands of metres of Cameron stitching ensure the vast sheets of ripstop nylon, Hyperlast and Nomex are joined precisely together to build up the complex design into a shape that will be recognised world-wide.
Throughout construction, balloons are built to the most exacting aerospace standards, undergoing precise and careful quality control. Each balloon has more than 200 reportable checks - an extreme process that helps to build our reputation as the best in the business.
The size, complexity and majesty of these colourful aerostats is captivating; these extraordinary fabric creations memorably catch attention. Complex designs and shapes are no match for the unrivalled experience of our in-house aeronautical and mechanical engineers, whose skills ensure an exact reproduction of your original idea in fabric. Working with the latest software, both types of expert engineers work together with dedicated project managers and industrial machinists to produce the world’s most incredible lighter-than-air aircraft.
“I am so impressed by how wonderful it looks. So true to the ideas and the design, and so BIG. I almost can't believe you pulled it off, but I always knew you would.’”
Patricia Piccinini, Artist and Sculptor of SkyWhale
“He decided to build his own balloon and started off what has become an international industry centred round Bristol. Cameron Balloons is renowned for their quality build and for the incredible special shapes they produce.”
Nic Amor, Bristol Balloons
“...the balloon was shipped on time. I received the paperwork and authorisation to fly on the Friday. On Saturday and Sunday the balloon was inflated in front of 16,000 people in a special event.”
Pierre Galley, Switzerland
“These are the best you can buy. Cameron are my favourite balloons to fly.”
Nik Duffield, Pilot
“Yes Baby You is a dream. Not an easy project and it would not have been possible without your calmness, professionalism and positive attitude. Thanks for putting your shoulders to the wheel and showing the way.”
Bart Van Peel
“It has been a pleasure to work with everyone at Cameron Balloons Ltd on this project for Universal Pictures and I hope we can continue to do so with other clients. Thanks to everyone at CBL for ‘making this happen’.”
Nick Langley, MD @ Airship & Balloon Company Ltd, UK