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	Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
		Gas balloons ascend because the gas inside is less dense and lighter than the air on the outside of the balloon.
		Gas balloon pilots typically started out flying hot-air balloons, and then decided they wanted to be able to fly farther, higher and longer.
		Gas balloon pilots may prepare for months before a competition, and when they’re racing, they sometimes fly into dangerous weather conditions or over open seas, where an emergency landing could be a disaster.
	www.balloonfiesta.com /Gas/gasfaqs.php (921 words)

	The National Balloon Museum and Ballooning Hall of Fame - Hot Air Balloons, Gas Balloons, Airships and Their Pilots
		Balloons such as the Royal Vauxhall Balloon typical of gas balloons which were flown in the 1830’s and 1840’s.
		Gas balloons continued to be the primary mode of air travel until the invention of the powered and controlled airplane by the Wright brothers in America in 1903.
		Balloons using a combination of helium and hot air are now used for many long distance flights such as the around the world flight of Steve Fossett in his balloon, “Bud Light Spirit of Freedom” on June 19, 2002.
	www.nationalballoonmuseum.com /exhibits.cfm?exhibitid=18 (1396 words)

	What are balloons made of
		When the balloon is filled with air, the pilot turns on the burner which heats the air inside, causing the balloon to rise.
		A balloon cannot be steered since it is being carried by the wind at the exact speed of the wind.
		The balloon envelope is spread on the ground and the gondola laid on its side and attached to the envelope cables.
	www.lakegastonresort.com /balfaqs.html (1346 words)

	SAVANNAH SIX
		Gas must be valve off, or alternatively the balloon can be allowed to climb to its ceiling, where the same amount will vent off through the appendix.
		Above the gas cell is a tent which is supported by a small gas balloon, because a pole would be impractical.
		On the sides of the gas cell are insulating "waistcoats," which are made of an aluminized outer layer laminated to an insulating foam.
	www.savannahsix.com /hotairgas.htm (623 words)

	Balloon (aircraft) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There is a special type of gas balloon called superpressure balloons that can operate with the lifting gas at pressure that exceeds the pressure of the surrounding air with the objective of limiting or eliminating the loss of gas from day-time heating.
		The third balloon type was invented by Pilâtre de Rozier and is a hybrid of a hot air and a gas balloon.
		One reason for this was the hydrogen that filled the balloons was highly flamable, and planes assigned to attack enemy balloons were often equiped with incendiary bullets, for the purpose of igniting the balloon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Balloon_(aircraft) (2503 words)

	Gas Balloon Resources
		This is the only gas ballooning instruction manual available at this time.
		This is a manual written for the military and discusses the netted gas balloon.
		(1981) This is a publication of the Balloon Federation of America and it discusses lifting gases used by the balloon flyers of Akron.
	www.gasballooning.net /resources.htm (359 words)

	Gas Balloon Books
		If you have ever flown in a gas balloon you will relate to this story very well.
		Japan's World War II Balloon Bomb attacks on North America By Robert C. Mikesh This is a fascinating look at Japan's use of gas balloons as a means to deliver bombs to the USA.
		This is a great book about a gas balloon used by three men who risked their life on a photographic safari over East Africa.
	www.gasballooning.net /gas_balloon_books.htm (1135 words)

	B4P : balloon gas : helium delivery : balloon accessories
		It shows the average number of balloons that can be expected from each size cylinder when the balloon are fully inflated to the sizes shown.
		Balloon gas is a safe, non-flammable, non-poisonous gas, which is lighter than air.
		The average float time for 10" latex balloons when inflated with helium is 10 hours and for 12" balloons 12-18 hours.
	www.balloons4promotions.com /accessories/balloon_gas.htm (125 words)

	Gas balloons
		Gas balloons quickly took over the role of the then primitive hot-air balloons.
		Gas balloon flights were made during the nineteenth century up to the present day.
		The hot-air balloon was laid to sleep like sleeping beauty, only to awaken in then twentieth century as a result of an invention originally intended for space exploration.
	library.thinkquest.org /28629/page36.html (223 words)

	balloon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In 1932 the Swiss physicist Auguste Piccard, one of the major figures in 20th-century ballooning, ascended in a balloon with a sealed spherical gondola to a height of 55,500 ft (17,000 m); since then manned balloons have reached heights of 100,000 ft (30,500 m) and unmanned balloons have exceeded 140,000 ft (42,500 m).
		In contemporary sporting balloons, which use air heated by a small gas-fired burner, altitude is controlled by varying the temperature of the heated air.
		Gas bags made with space-age materials are more durable and weigh far less than the traditional silk; heaters have similarly become more efficient.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ba/balloon.html (536 words)

	Aircraft having buoyant gas balloon - Patent 4366936
		The spherical balloon is rotatably mounted on a normally horizontal axle having end portions projecting from opposite sides of the balloon, and includes a rigid load supporting yoke including two arms extending upwardly from a central load supporting structure and each with an upper end suspended from the axle.
		The term "superpressure balloon" as used herein means a balloon of non-elastic material, having essentially fixed dimensions and shape which, once the balloon is properly inflated, do not change by reason of the type of changes in external pressure and temperature which occur with normal atmospheric changes and changes in altitude.
		As indicated the balloon is preferably rotated in normal flight in such direction that the surface of the balloon facing its forward direction of movement moves upwards relative to the centre of the balloon, so that the rotation supplies additional lift to the airship due to the Magnus effect.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4366936.html (4747 words)

	Halfbakery: Steam balloon
		A conventional hot air balloon generates lift because the density of a particular gas at a given pressure is inversely proportional to its absolute temperature (in degrees Kelvin).
		A helium balloon generates lift because the density of a gas at a given temerature and pressure is inversely proportional to its molecular weight.
		Although balloons fly with the wind, there are still shears of wind to reckon with and it is always a concern when the envelope catches the wind and begins to spin and tilt.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Steam_20balloon (2285 words)

	Plano Balloon Festival - Plano, Texas
		They decided to capture its lifting powers with small paper and cotton balloons and, while they were mistaken in their faith in the smoke itself (or 'Phlogiston' as it was referred to at the time), they succeeded in creating the world's first hot-air balloon.
		Heat for the balloon was generated by a straw fire carried in a brazier slung beneath its mouth and the two men were carried in a narrow gallery encircling it.
		However as the balloon was only made of paper and cotton they spent much of their time either tending the flames or dabbing out little fires from the smouldering embers with wet sponges fixed on to the end of long sticks.
	www.planoballoonfest.org /balloon_history.html (1733 words)

	Plano Balloon Festival - Plano, Texas
		They decided to capture its lifting powers with small paper and cotton balloons and, while they were mistaken in their faith in the smoke itself (or 'Phlogiston' as it was referred to at the time), they succeeded in creating the world's first hot-air balloon.
		Heat for the balloon was generated by a straw fire carried in a brazier slung beneath its mouth and the two men were carried in a narrow gallery encircling it.
		However as the balloon was only made of paper and cotton they spent much of their time either tending the flames or dabbing out little fires from the smouldering embers with wet sponges fixed on to the end of long sticks.
	planoballoonfest.org /balloon_history.html (1733 words)

	Gas balloon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A gas balloon is any balloon that stays aloft due to being filled with a gas less dense than air or lighter than air (such as helium or hydrogen).
		Gas balloons were used in the American Civil War, the Napoleonic Wars (to very limited extent), and throughout the 19th century by hobbyists and show performers such as the Blanchards.
		Gas balloons are regularly used for high-altitude research (such as with weather balloons) and for record-breaking manned balloon flights.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gas_balloon (644 words)

	Unicorn Balloon Company - Hot Air Balloon rides in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Aspen, Colorado Springs, and Snowmass
		Built from paper and silk by the Montgolfier brothers, this balloon was piloted on a 22 minute flight by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis François-Laurent d'Arlandes.
		Today, in France, gas balloons are known as Charliers and hot air balloons are known as Montgolfiers.
		Balloons had been used for this purpose as early as 1794 in France.
	www.unicornballoon.com /history.htm (1049 words)

	Nebraska Balloon Club - Ballooning History
		Balloon Federation of America) received notification of an association of balloonists in Nebraska, and Jerry Mahoney of Omaha was listed as the official contact.
		The farmers, having never seen balloons before, would often attack the balloons (and their passengers!) with pitchforks, thinking that they were demons from the sky.
		The balloon rises as long as a sufficient heat differential is maintained between the air inside the balloon and the air outside the balloon.
	www.nebraskaballoonclub.org /blhistory.html (2617 words)

	BOC Balloon Gas - Balloon Occasions
		Balloon Occasions comprises a disposable helium balloon gas cylinder which can fill 40 nine inch latex balloons.
		Also unique to Balloon Occasions is a balloon sizer on the carton which ensures that all 40 balloons will not be over or under inflated - avoiding burstages or reduced float times.
		The Balloon Occasions product is also available without balloons, giving the customer complete freedom to use balloons of their own choice.
	www.bocballoongas.co.uk /balloonsuk/products/Balloon_Occasions/index.asp (344 words)

	Ballooning ... the History
		This first attempt was made while the balloon was cabled, but the success of the experiment aroused the desire to let the balloon make a free flight.
		It was a cold and stormy morning; strong winds and heavy rainfall prevented the release of the balloon.
		Therefore he concluded the tear must have been due to expansion of the gas and caused either by the lessening atmospheric pressure or the warming of the gas by the sun.
	www.gasballon.be /uk/info/geschiedenis3.php (508 words)

	Balloon Lift (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One of the most famous of the Civil War balloons was made by the Confederacy of donated undergarments of the ladies of the South, all silk and the only source of silk the South had at the time.
		The southern patchwork balloon only flew once before it was captured by the Union, a disappointment and an affront for which General Longstreet claimed he never found it in his heart to forgive the Union.
		Balloon pressure vs. inflation in a latex balloon first decreases as diameter goes up and then increases as maximum inflation is approached and all the stretch in the latex surface is used up.
	www.balloonlore.com /balloonlift.html (3295 words)

	Balloon Incidents (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Professor Charles, inventor of the gas balloon, was working concurrently with the Montgolfier brothers, and in direct competition for the support of the king.
		Helium, ammonia, city gas, and hydrogen are the lifting gasses used in gas, or Charliere balloons, while Roziere balloons now use a helium inner envelope, with a surrounding hot air envelope heated by propane.
		There were no reports from gas balloon or airship flights, possibly a reflection of the low level of activity in these sectors.
	asrs.arc.nasa.gov /directline_issues/dl9_balloon.htm (1568 words)

	Gas Ballooning
		During the Civil War, gas balloons were used for observation and the Union had seven balloons in it's fleet.
		In the midwest, the first recorded gas balloon flight from St. Louis, was in 1830 and around 1859, John Wise flew from St. Louis to Lake Ontario, over 1,200.00 miles.
		In 1996, the National Gas Balloon Race was the first gas competition to be held in St. Louis since 1909.
	www.cphotovail.com /gasballooning.html (290 words)

	Concepts for Autonomous Flight Control for a Balloon on Mars
		At night, the thermal balloon provides no lift, and the balloon system drifts over the Martian surface; the lift of the gas balloon is intended to be just sufficient to prevent the science payload from hitting the ground.
		At sunrise, the thermal balloon is heated by sunlight, complementing the lift of the hydrogen-filled balloon, and causing the entire vehicle to rise to its float altitude, where it cruises all day.
		Another control issue involves the use of ballast to compensate for gas losses in the gas balloon, and for losses in the efficiency of the thermal balloon due to degradation of the envelope film.
	home.earthlink.net /~rcfriend/mars-33.htm (2503 words)

	Ballooning FAQ
		Most modern balloons are made out of nylon with a special coating that helps the fabric to retain heat.
		Gas balloons are inflated using helium and occasionally hydrogen.
		A hot air balloon will have a variometer, which displays the rate of ascent or descent, a pyrometer, which details the temperature inside and outside of the balloon, and an altimeter.
	www.gaa.cc /ballooni.htm (660 words)

	Pressure and the Gas Laws
		In the example of the balloon (above), there is not only gas inside the balloon (exerting pressure from the inside), but there is also gas (air) on the outside, exerting pressure onto the outside surface of the balloon (Figure 2).
		Because the balloon’s skin is elastic, it expands upon this increased pushing from inside, and the volume taken up by the same mass of gas increases with temperature.
		The equation of state or ideal gas law is one of the most fundamental relationships linking the three variables temperature, pressure and density that describe the thermodynamic state of the atmosphere.
	www.indiana.edu /~geog109/topics/10_Forces&Winds/GasPressWeb/PressGasLaws.html (1309 words)

	Balloon Lift
		One of the most famous of the Civil War balloons was made by the Confederacy of donated undergarments of the ladies of the South, all silk and the only source of silk the South had at the time.
		The southern patchwork balloon only flew once before it was captured by the Union, a disappointment and an afront for which General Longstreet claimed he never found it in his heart to forgive the Union.
		Balloon pressure vs inflation in a latex balloon first decreases as diameter goes up and then increases as maximum inflation is approached and all the stretch in the latex surface is used up.
	www.chem.hawaii.edu /uham/lift.html (2852 words)

	The 9th World Gas Balloon Championship
		European gas pilots who flew this area in the early 1990’s were warned not to fly over or even near the smokestacks due to the deadly toxic chemicals.
		The balloons were filled in a light rain on Wednesday afternoon, August 29, and the task briefing was held at 11:00 p.m.
		Not only was this my first gas balloon flight, but the first time in my career as a hot air pilot that I flew at night.
	www.balloonlife.com /publications/balloon_life/9611/worldgas.htm (788 words)

	Balloon HQ presents: Why do helium-filled balloons float?
		Well, if the balloon doesn't get any bigger at all, the answer would be no. If the answer was that the balloon stretches a tiny bit bigger, then I'd have to know; did the tiny increase in size add enough lift to offset the extra weight of helium added.
		As the balloon rises, it lifts more of the ribbon from the floor, until the weight of the ribbon equals the lift of the balloon, and a state of equilibrium is reached.
		From my 13 years in the balloon industry, I have found that the change in pressure in a helium tank is almost proportional to the change in volume.
	www.balloonhq.com /faq/whyfly.html (5050 words)

	Helium Gas, Balloon Gas - Disposable Helium
		The balloon gas used by Balloon Occassions is thus 100% safe.
		This easy to use balloon gas system is perfect for those wanting to decorate homes or offices for all types of celebrations.
		Helium gas cylinders are available in 3 different sizes depending on the number of balloons required.
	www.keynectionsmedia.com /balloon/gas.htm (392 words)

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