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2. Hopper balloon - Wikipedia

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   Hopper balloon. A hopper balloon (simply hopper) is a small, one-person hot air balloon. Unlike a conventional hot air balloon where people ride inside a basket, there is no basket on a hopper balloon. Instead, the hopper pilot usually sits on a seat or wears a harness similar to a parachute harness. Hoppers are typically flown for recreation.

3. Ed Yost - Wikipedia

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   Ed Yost. Paul Edward Yost (June 30, 1919 – May 27, 2007) was the American inventor of the modern hot air balloon and is referred to as the "Father of the Modern Day Hot-Air Balloon." [ 1] He worked for a high-altitude research division of General Mills in the early 1950s until he left to establish Raven Industries in 1956, along with several ...

4. Lawnchair Larry flight - Wikipedia

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   Cluster ballooning was inspired by Larry Walters's experience, although his was not the first. [ 1] On July 2, 1982, Larry Walters (April 19, 1949 – October 6, 1993) made a 45-minute flight in a homemade aerostat made of an ordinary lawn chair and 42 helium -filled weather balloons. [ 2] The aircraft rose to an altitude of about 16,000 feet ...

5. Hot air balloon - Wikipedia

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   The hot air balloon is the first successful human-carrying flight technology. The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight in the world was performed in Paris, France, by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on November 21, 1783, [1] in a balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers. [2]

6. Final igNight Market of summer will feature biggest hot-air ...

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   Fifteen hot-air balloons will be anchored along the Fox River in Leicht Memorial Park during the market and will be illuminated from 8 to 9 p.m. Aug. 17, weather permitting. Balloon glows make for ...

7. Photos: Hot-air balloons take flight in dazzling display at ...

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   The European Balloon Festival, held across four days in Igualada, Spain, is the largest gathering of hot-air balloons in the country and welcomes an average of 25,000 visitors each year.