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	Search Results for balloonist - Encyclopædia Britannica
		English balloonist whose outstanding achievement was his flight with two companions in 1836 from Vauxhall Gardens, London, to Weilburg, Ger., a distance of 480 miles.
		U.S. Army officer, balloonist, and early aerial photographer who took the first photograph of the Earth's curvature (1930) and the first photographs of the Moon's shadow on the Earth during a solar...
		balloonist who, with Ben Abruzzo and Larry Newman, made the first transatlantic balloon flight and, with his son Kristian, made the first nonstop trans-North American balloon flight.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=balloonist&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (280 words)

	IS DAVE EGGERS TRYING TO BREAK OUR HEARTS? SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS ABOUT "THE BALLOONIST."
		The proverbial beans about The Balloonist were spilled when the Observer asked White about his upcoming interview for the magazine.
		And now we have "The Balloonist," which, an insider tells The Black Table, is a product of Eggers and The Mineral Palace author Heidi Julavits.
		Truth is, literary journals only reach a certain segment of the population and tend to stay at that level no matter how they try to increase their audience.
	www.blacktable.com /delahoyde030304.htm (1068 words)

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		Junior Balloonists and Hi-Flyers are the youth groups of the Balloon Federation of America.
		Junior Balloonists introduce youngsters aged 5 to 12 to the fun of ballooning.
		Junior Balloonists learn about the aspects of ballooning while joining the crew in the chase.
	www.bfa.net /jrballoonists/index.htm (285 words)

	Trutor & The Balloonist : Novel by Debbie Lee Wesselmann, reviewed by Denise Turney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Wesselmann grabs her readers in Trutor and The Balloonist by taking them on a breathtaking ride with her through the mountains of New Hampshire into the center of Derbysville.
		It is in Derbysville, a small town away from Boston, that the Balloonist and Trutor meet.
		It is a request that affects the Balloonist and his entire family.
	www.pifmagazine.com /SID/331 (360 words)

	CNN - Balloonist Fossett trying again for nonstop global flight - August 1, 1998
		MENDOSA, Argentina (CNN) -- Millionaire balloonist Steve Fossett has arrived in Argentina to prepare for his fourth official attempt at circling the globe nonstop.
		The balloonist told reporters Friday night that he might launch the Solo Spirit as early as Monday night.
		Balloonist breaks records but fails at global mark - January 20, 1997
	edition.cnn.com /WORLD/americas/9808/01/fossett.argentina (326 words)

	Balloonist who launched trip in Pittsburgh abandons attempt - PittsburghLIVE.com
		BOSTON -- Inspired by the fantastic tales of Jules Verne, David Hempleman-Adams took off from a baseball field in Pittsburgh's Pleasant Hills this week with dreams of being the first solo balloonist to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open wicker-basket balloon.
		Those dreams popped this morning when projected winds failed to materialize -- even after he lifted the balloon to 10,500 feet to try to catch them.
		White, who lives in Cambridge but spends weekends in Hardwick, said he welcomed the balloonist, helped tether the balloon to a bulldozer, and fed him breakfast while waiting for his crew to arrive.
	beta.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/news/s_142408.html (583 words)

	Amazon.com: Trutor & the Balloonist/ Trutor and the Balloonist: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Trutor & the Balloonist/ Trutor and the Balloonist (Hardcover)
		Wharton, (nicknamed the Balloonist thanks to some bizarre reading glasses he keeps on top of his head) asks Trutor to stay in his family's New Hampshire home and write a biography of his late sister, Caroline.
		Caroline, the wily sister of the Balloonist and Proctor.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1878448749?v=glance (2622 words)

	Feature Story - Balloonist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		He also is a member of the Balloon Federation of American (BFA), the Connecticut Lighter Than Air Society, and is a mentor for the BFA Junior Balloonists.
		Membership in the Junior Balloonists is for young people ages 7-17 years old who act as crew for their parents or another adult, who have a special interest in ballooning and want to learn more about it.
		He flew his first solo flight at the age of 14 and when he turns 18 years old he will be allowed to take passengers for hire.
	www.kids.state.ct.us /spotlight/feature/balloon.htm (440 words)

	ABC News: Balloonist Has Dinner at 24,262 Feet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Balloonist David Hempleman-Adams Breaks Record for Highest Formal Dinner Party
		In this picture released by MPL International Ltd, Thursday June 30, 2005, explorer David Hempleman Adams (in basket) embarking on his latest challenge, to attempt to break the world record for the highest formal dinner party.
		LONDON Jun 30, 2005 — British balloonist and explorer David Hempleman-Adams has done his most bizarre feat to date staging the world's highest formal dinner party.
	abcnews.go.com /Technology/wireStory?id=896008 (478 words)

	Balloonist Brian Jones first to circumnavigate world in Breitling Orbiter
		Balloonist Brian Jones first to circumnavigate world in Breitling Orbiter
		Because whether other scribblers will admit it or not a good old nose around is bound to help the piece you are preparing – be it book, article or review.
		Thus it was that when the amiable and affable balloonist Brian Jones left his living room for a short while I had the chance to study his choice of books, always a great insight into the tastes and interests of the person you are interviewing.
	www.jeremyjosephs.com /balloon.htm (2145 words)

	I'm an actor playing the role of a balloonist and I want to be able to explain in scientific terms why helium and ...
		I'm an actor playing the role of a balloonist and I want to be able to explain in scientific terms why helium and hydrogen make balloons rise.
		Archimedes is your man for the answer to this question.
		Now, if you are a balloonist chances are you are not using these gases in your balloon.
	www.physlink.com /Education/AskExperts/ae189.cfm (471 words)

	HIGH FLYING SWISS BALLOONIST PICCARD GRANDSON OF IDENTICAL TWIN Swiss balloonist Bertrand Piccard who (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Swiss balloonist Bertrand Piccard who, with Brian Jones of Britain, flew non-stop around the world in the first balloon ever to circle the world --the Breitling Orbiter III -- came by his sense of adventure naturally.
		He has been flying almost any way he can since he was a child and is the grandson and son of famed explorers of the air and sea.
		The treacherous Pacific Ocean crossing proved relatively smooth although, at one point they were seven miles high and trapped in a lazy spiral in the deeply frigid air.
	www.twinsfoundation.com /articles/balloonist_piccard.htm (596 words)

	CTV.ca \| Balloonist clears African coast in record bid
		— American balloonist Steve Fossett cleared the coast of South Africa on Sunday and cruised over the Indian Ocean, gaining speed in his sixth attempt to circle the globe.
		Last August, Fossett set a solo balloonist duration record, flying for 12 days, 12 hours and 57 minutes before ditching on a cattle ranch in Brazil.
		No balloonist yet has successfully made the around-the-world trip alone, although Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard and English co-pilot Brian Jones did it as a team in March 1999 in the Northern Hemisphere.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1025461021130_18 (317 words)

	Sonic Junior Balloonist Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The event was part of the Sonic Junior Balloonist Program – a two-hour workshop for 10- to 14-year-olds that teaches history, math, and science by building and flying model hot air balloons made with tissue paper.
		Since it's inception in April 2000, The Sonic Junior Balloonist Program has provided free educational workshops for thousands of children at libraries and youth centers in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas.
		El acontecimiento era parte del programa menor sonic de Balloonist - un taller de dos horas para 10 a 14-year-olds que enseña historia, matemáticas, y ciencia construyendo y volando los globos modelo del aire caliente hechos con el papel de tejido fino.
	www.holdenvillepl.okpls.org /balloon_program.htm (379 words)

	CNN.com - Balloonist Fossett: 'My life was at risk' - August 17, 2001
		LOUIS, Missouri (CNN) -- Balloonist Steve Fossett said Friday that he still believed one person could pilot a balloon around the world, but he "couldn't venture a guess" as to whether he would make another try.
		Fossett was unable to trigger a mechanism to deflate the balloon once he touched down, and the massive balloon envelope dragged for a mile before he used cable cutters to sever the connection with his capsule.
		Despite a language problem with the villagers living near his landing site -- Fossett doesn't speak Portuguese -- the balloonist said the people "were willing to do anything to help me."
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/americas/08/17/balloon.update (694 words)

	Balloonist abandons second attempt at trans-Atlantic flight (phillyBurbs.com) \| Pennsylvania News
		Balloonist abandons second attempt at trans-Atlantic flight (phillyBurbs.com)
		BOSTON - Inspired by the fantastic tales of Jules Verne, David Hempleman-Adams took off from a suburban Pittsburgh baseball field this week with dreams of being the first solo balloonist to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open wicker-basket balloon.
		Those dreams popped this morning when projected winds failed to materialize - even after he lifted the balloon to 10,500 feet to try to catch them.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/103-06292003-115931.html (626 words)

	CNN.com - Balloonist completes around-the-world trek - July 2, 2002
		Winds early Tuesday pushed the 58-year-old investment banker away from his expected landing site at Kalgoorlie, Australia, but Ritchie said winds later in the day nudged Fossett slightly north toward the Nullarbor Plain east of the target site.
		But his quest to circle the world alone in a balloon -- one of the last great unfulfilled challenges in aviation -- had proved elusive, with earlier attempts falling short.
		In March 1999, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones became the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon, but a solo balloonist had never accomplished the feat.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/fyi/news/07/02/balloon (548 words)

	Balloonist abandons around-the-world quest: 8/18/01
		BAGE, Brazil -- Balloonist Steve Fossett knows something about luck, and when not to push it.
		After bouncing between thunderstorms across South America, the millionaire adventurer set his balloon down in a cattle ranch in southern Brazil yesterday, abandoning his latest attempt to float around the globe halfway to his goal.
		Even so, Fossett did set a record in his fifth bid to become the first solo balloonist to circle the Earth.
	www.s-t.com /daily/08-01/08-18-01/a02wn010.htm (286 words)

	Experimental Balloon and Airship Association
		An annual gathering of EBAA members took place each spring at the Post Mills Airport (2B9) in Post Mills, Vermont, until 2001.
		For three days, dozens of experimental balloonists would come together to fly their new creations.
		To get started, get all back issues of the Balloon Builders' Journal from an other balloonist.
	www.hotairship.com /ebaa/index.html (433 words)

	CNN.com - U.S. solo balloonist safe after round-the-world failure - March 3, 2000
		PAGAN, Myanmar (CNN) -- Kevin Uliassi's attempt to become the first solo balloonist to circle the globe ended in failure halfway from his goal Friday when the U.S. adventurer touched down in the Asian nation of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).
		Flight spokesman Bo Kemper said the Myanmar government told him Uliassi's balloon, the J. Renee, touched down at about 5:30 a.m.
		CNN Chicago: An interview with balloonist Kevin Uliassi
	www.cnn.com /2000/ASIANOW/southeast/03/03/balloonist.01/index.html (847 words)

	CNN - Balloonist rescued off Australia - August 17, 1998
		CORAL SEA (CNN) -- Downed U.S. balloonist Steve Fossett was safe after being rescued by an Australia yachtsman on Monday from a life raft drifting in the South Pacific, an Australian rescue official said.
		Balloonist Fossett found alive in South Pacific - August 16, 1998
		For balloonist Fossett, it's Australia or bust - August 13, 1998
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/asiapcf/9808/17/fossett.rescue.02 (504 words)

	NOVA Online \| Balloon Race Around The World \| History of Ballooning
		Pilatre de Rozier, the world's first balloonist, is killed in his attempt to cross the channel.
		This double balloon helium/hot air system, however, remains among the most successful designs for long distance ballooning.
		This same year, French balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries become the first to fly across the English Channel.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/balloon/science/history.html (374 words)

	USATODAY.com - Balloonist makes second flight attempt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		PITTSBURGH (AP) — A British balloonist took off from a baseball field Friday night for his second attempt to cross the Atlantic in an open wicker basket.
		In September, problems with the balloon's autopilot — which would have allowed David Hempleman-Adams to sleep during flight — forced him to scrub his attempt to become the first solo balloonist to cross the ocean in the traditional gear.
		Hempleman-Adams, 46, is also trying to beat the distance record of about 3,311 miles set in 1992 by two men who flew from Maine to Morocco.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-06-28-balloon-record_x.htm (237 words)

	Mount Lowe Preservation Society - Balloonist Crosses Atlantic Ocean in an Open Basket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Balloonist Crosses Atlantic Ocean in an Open Basket (0)
		In the spirit of balloonist Thaddeus Lowe a trans-Atlantic balloon crossing is made in an open wicker basket!
		That trip failed, killing everyone on board when the balloon caught fire.His third attempt comes after a lack of winds in June forced him to land in Massachusetts.
	www.mountlowe.org /article.php?story=20030930203757124 (150 words)

	Alberto Santos-Dumont, Pioneering Balloonist -- Outsports.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Indeed, many professional balloonists made their living by taking people for rides at expositions and public parks.
		On the morning of Sept. 18, 1898, word went around Paris that a major balloon experiment was taking place in the Bois de Boulogne.
		A crowd of journalists, photographers, rubberneckers, automobilists, balloonists and ladies in big summer hats gathered in a clearing near the Zoological Park.
	www.outsports.com /history/santosdumont.htm (5787 words)

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		A very experienced and talented young man with more than 9 years of experience in his balloonist world and he is none other than Mr Chia Meng Choon.
		Being one of the best local comedian balloonist he is not only good in twisting balloons to various shapes but is also very good in twisting balloons into various cartoon characters, for example, Road Runners, Bugs Bunny etc, are some of his favourites.
		Besides doing shows, he also teach at the various Private Companies, Community Clubs, Schools etc. He also deal with balloon decorations like making balloon arches, pillars and more… to make the events look more lively.
	www.balloonist-sg.com (135 words)

	American balloonist lands in Russia: 1/6/98
		KRASNODAR, Russia -- Steve Fossett and his silvery balloon had made it more than 7,000 miles this time, from St. Louis to southern Russia.
		So Fossett's fourth attempt to become the first balloonist to fly nonstop around the world fell slowly to Earth yesterday, ending with a thud in a muddy field.
		Still, he impressed farmer Mikhail Panchenko, who was fixing his tractor when he spotted the descending craft.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/01-98/01-06-98/a05wn025.htm (561 words)

	ComPilots.com - Aviation Portal - The Balloonist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		"You must be an Aircraft Engineer," said the balloonist.
		"Well," said the balloonist, everything you have told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what it means and I am still lost."
		"I am," said the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
	www.compilots.com /print_article13.html (211 words)

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