| Invented in France in 1783, hot air
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| | enough to establish the shape, then the
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| balloons are the oldest successful flight
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| | burner is used to heat the air inside
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| machines made by mankind. They range from
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| | while the users hold the balloon down
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| very basic balloons to their advanced
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| | with ropes. Once the wind has been judged
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| cousins, the airship or zeppelin.
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| | using smaller balloons the pilot can take
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| Ballooning is very different from other
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| | off, rising or descending into different
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| forms of flight. The experience is very
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| | air currents to change direction.
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| quiet, gives an amazing view, and the
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| | The balloon has been used throughout
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| movement is very gentle. The giant
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| | history; the Chinese used small unmanned
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| balloon itself is called the envelope and
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| | balloons as signalling tools and they
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| come in a variety of spectacular colours
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| | were employed as lookout posts during the
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| and designs, as well as unusual shapes.
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| | American civil war and the French
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| These days they are made from nylon and
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| | revolutionary wars. Despite their
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| the base from a fire resistant material.
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| | appearance as being slow, lumbering and
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| A burner at the base, usually gas,
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| | fragile, Hot air balloons are able to fly
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| provides hot air which rises into the
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| | to extremely high altitudes. On November
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| envelope and provides lift, gently
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| | 26, 2005, Vijaypat Singhania set the
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| causing the balloon to rise into the sky.
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| | world altitude record for highest hot air
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| The buoyancy is closely related to the
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| | balloon flight, reaching 21,290 meters
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| difference between air temperature inside
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| | (69,852 feet). He took off from downtown
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| the balloon and outside, meaning that the
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| | Bombay, India and landed 240 km (150
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| air does not have to be tremendously hot,
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| | miles) south in Panchale. The furthest
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| just more than the air around it. Most
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| | that a hot air balloon has ever been
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| nylon balloons us a maximum of 120
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| | flown is 7,671.91 km. In January 15,
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| degrees Celsius.
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| | 1991, the Virgin Pacific Flyer balloon
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| Most flights launch early in the morning
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| | completed the longest flight in a hot air
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| when he air is coolest and the winds are
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| | balloon when Per Lindstrand (born in
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| generally low. The envelope is unpacked
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| | Sweden, but resident in the UK) and
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| and a fan is used to blow normal cold air
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| | Richard Branson of the UK flew from Japan
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| into the envelope and inflate it just
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| | to Northern Canada.
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