The James Sadler Oxford Balloon Experience

12/07/2021

The sky’s the limit - but for us it’s the dream! 🌤
Sometime soon, we’ll be looking over the oxford skyline from the comfort of our very own hot air balloon 🎈

16/05/2021

He was a man of many talents, but his greatest power was his imagination 🎈

From revolutionising the steam engine to bringing the aeronautics race to the UK, James Sadler never left a job half-finished, and we hope to follow in his footsteps. As more than a decade-long effort to bring a tethered hot air balloon to Oxford’s skyline continues, we are closer than ever to reaching our goal!

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06/04/2021

Welcome! Thank you for coming!

Follow along as we launch our mission to bring Oxford its first tethered Hot Air Balloon 🎈- and with it, celebrate the incredible life of the city’s ‘forgotten hero’, Mr. James Sadler. As the first Englishman to fly, he made history when he flew his historic balloon over Oxford over 230 years ago.

Join us as we work to give you that very same view of this beautiful city, all while remembering the pioneer that time (but not us!) forgot. ✨


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16/04/2018

16/04/2018

http://oxfordballoonexperience.com/james-sadler/living-the-high-life-in-hackney/

This colourful print of a hot-air balloon flight caught my eye while I was cataloguing a collection of prints and drawings relating to Hackney and other East

02/02/2018

http://oxfordballoonexperience.com/proposal/

02/02/2018

How did a Georgian pastry cook become the unlikely first Englishman ever to fly in 1784? Mark J Davies, author King of All Balloons, explores the extraordinary life and aeronautical adventures of hot air balloon pioneer James Sadler…

02/02/2018

1814. Part of the Balloon with which Mr. Sadler ascended from Dublin

20/08/2017

http://www.historyextra.com/article/bbc-history-magazine/james-sadler-oxford-pastry-cook-first-english-aeronaut

How did a Georgian pastry cook become the unlikely first Englishman ever to fly in 1784? Mark J Davies, author King of All Balloons, explores the extraordinary life and aeronautical adventures of hot