Special shapes are a small, slow part of the business by design — each one is a bespoke pattern engineering project before it’s ever a sewing job. Beacon took the better part of a year from first sketch to first flight, and every special-shape commission since has started from lessons learned building it.
Beacon (Special Shape)
Sculpted lighthouse form, red and white banding
A one-off sculpted commission — proof that a special-shape envelope can still fly like a proper balloon.
- Commission price
- $215,000
- Capacity
- 4 passengers
- Envelope volume
- 200,000 ft³ (equivalent)
- Burner system
- Triple
- Build lead time
- 26 weeks
- First flight
- 2021