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The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology. On November 21, 1783, in Paris, France, the first manned flight was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes in a hot air balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers. Since then, hot air balloons have been filling the skies all across the world with color.
A hot air balloon consists of a bag called the envelope that is capable of containing heated air. Suspended beneath is the gondola or wicker basket (in some long-distance or high-altitude balloons, a capsule) which carries the passengers and a source of heat. The heated air inside the envelope makes it buoyant since it has a lower density than the relatively cold air outside the envelope. Unlike gas balloons, the envelope does not have to be sealed at the bottom since the air near the bottom of the envelope is at the same pressure as the surrounding air.
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bunigrl3314 Nov, 2008
Beautiful photos!
I love hot-air balloons. 
lightning…14 Nov, 2008
awesome! i like the fish one :) 
tenkerasu15 Nov, 2008
my family and i were going on vacation, and we look over from chatting, and what's over on our left? hot air balloons! i don't remember the colours, but i remember being amazed by seeing them for real. they were very cool. 
holding.l…15 Nov, 2008
:D wow i hope to fly inside one someday... luv the "Corvair owner" the fish one (L) 
Neropatti15 Nov, 2008
The ones on the fourth photo by Vilhelm Sjöström are located in Helsinki and I see them often during the summer. I have though that they are pretty but seeing them next to some of these really colourful ones makes me think that everythig is better everywhere else. Even our hot air balloons are dull.  You must be logged in to post a comment.  1 Trackback So Far... Hooray!
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