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