Richard Gair and his son Neil from Sunnymean Road in Sheldon in Brimngham won a trip on the airship in a BRMB competion sponsored by Castlemaine lagers, and the pair were flown to Edgbaston cricket ground where Australia were playing England in a one-day

The ship took off on its maiden voyage above Shropshire to Bridgnorth and back, which meant that the police station were deluged with calls from people claiming they had seen a UFO as it looked like a giant lightbulb in the sky. Bruce Renny is quoted and