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2008 SPECIAL SHAPE

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Nightmare House
From: Brazil
Pilot: Eduardo Melo

From Brazil this not-so-spooky house will make its first appearance in the Southern Hemisphere at the Wairarapa fiesta and will fly in only its second event ever. Complete with a resident ghost, pumpkins and a witch, the haunted mansion holds almost 3,000 cubic metres of hot air. The Nightmare House is one of the world’s newest special shape balloons.

2007 SPECIAL SHAPES

Beagle Maximus
From: Orlando, Florida, USA
Pilot: Kenny Shumate

   

Off the Wall
From: Texas, USA
Pilot: Mike Loy

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2006 SPECIAL SHAPES

Woodrow C. Greenleaf
From: Arizona, USA
Pilot: Gary Moore
   

Honey Bear
From: Texas, USA
Pilot: Ryan "Rowdy" Smith

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2005 SPECIAL SHAPES

Old Macdonald
From: USA
Pilot: Michael
   

The Little Bees
From: USA
Pilots:Bob Romaneschi & Shane Cory

   
Smiling Miss Daisy
From: USA
Pilot: Carol Weiner
   
The Big Red Mug
From: NZ
Pilot: Rick Walczak

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2004 SPECIAL SHAPES

Rooster
From: The Netherlands
Pilot: Alex Jan Berends

   
Vincent
From: The Netherlands
Pilot: Hans Zoet
   
Sunny Boy
From: USA
Pilot: Carol Weiner

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2003 SPECIAL SHAPES

Mike
From: Australia
Pilots: Kiff Saunders, Rob Deeble
   
The Frisian Frog
From: The Netherlands
Pilot: Herman Kleinsmit
   
Jaguar XK8
From: United Kingdom
Pilot: Muir Moffat, Jim Howard, Bristol, UK

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