Hot Air Balloons

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Hot Air Balloons

• By Lydia

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• Controling a hot air balloon
• Uses of hot air balloons
• Parts of a hot air balloon
• History of hot air balloons
• Burner
• Envelope
• Cool facts
• Wheelchair hot-air balloon rides
• Pictures

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HOW TO CONTROL A HOT AIR BALLOON

• 1. A valve makes the flame bigger or smaller,
  making the balloon rise faster or slower.
• 2. Modern hot air balloons have a second valve
  that uses liquid propane instead of propane gas.
  The liquid propane creates a weaker flame.
• 3. When the valve opens, it lets out air, slowing
  the balloon down.  If it lets enough air out, the
  balloon will go down.
• Hot air balloon - Wikipedia, the free
  encyclopedia
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Uses of hot air balloons

• Weddings
• Sports
• Promotion and Advertising
• Corporate Events
• Commercial and Leisure
• Hot Air Balloons for Promotions Advertising
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Parts of a Hot Air Balloon
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History of Hot Air Balloons

• A scientist named Pilatre De Rozier made the
  first balloon. It held a sheep, a duck and a
  rooster while it stayed in the air for a total of
  15 min.
• Then 2 French brothers named Joseph and Etienne
  Montgolfier made a hot air balloon and it stayed
  in the air for a total of 20 min.
• During World War I they would use hot air
  balloons as observers because they were cheaper
  then than planes. Hot air balloon pilots were
  given wrenches so that the hot air balloons would
  come down faster.
• The History of Hot Air Balloons
• World War I - Air War
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BASKET

• The basket is the bottom part of the hot air
  balloon that holds the people.
• It comes it varies sizes.
• There are 2 different types of baskets open and
  T-partition
• http//www.eballoon.org/balloon/basket.html
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BURNER

• It is where the flame comes out to lift the
  basket it the air.
• They burn off of propane.
• The parts of the burner are
• Single burner unit
• Propane valve
• Burner coil
• The Hot Air Balloon Burner - eballoon.org
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ENVELOPE

• The envelope is also called the balloon.
• The different parts of the envelope are
• Hyperlast
• Equator
• Envelope
• Nomex
• The Hot Air Balloon Envelope - eballoon.org
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Cool facts

• The first modern hot air balloon was built in
  1960.
• One of the hot air balloons that we have known
  could stay in the air for 50 hours and 38 min.
• Furthest hot air balloon has ever flown is
  7,671.91 km (4,767.23 mi).
• Hot air balloon - Wikipedia, the free
  encyclopedia
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Wheelchair Hot-air Balloon rides

• A guy named Gary made a hot-air balloon for
  people with disabilities.
• A girls dad wanted his daughter to go with him
  but she was not able to go because she was in a
  wheelchair so, he made hot-air balloons for
  people just like her.
• Story of Serena's Song
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Pictures of Cool Hot Air Balloons
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