The fantastic new Power Rangers Hot Air Balloons took part in 3 inflation races at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta and with it standing at 1-1 the last race on the Sunday left it all to play for. Ian Martin, piloting the Red Ranger with his team Paul Dopson, Nic Symonds and Jason Warner were up against Richard Turnbull in the Pink Ranger with Dave Groombridge, Lizzie Fishbone and Paul Beyer. The large crowd were whipped into excitement by John Ford and George Bacon, the Fiesta presenters.
The start of the race was signalled by Miss Bristol as the teams rushed to put the cold air fan on and start preparing the balloons, as the balloons filled, Ian was first on the burners and with some strong blasts on the burners the balloon stood up and Ian blasted some more air in to have the basket leaving the ground in 4.25 minutes to loud cheers from the thousands of onlookers, the Pink team followed 1 minute later.
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