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2. List of hot air balloon festivals - Wikipedia

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   Warsteiner Internationale Montgolfiade (WIM), Germany. The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta (held in the city of Bristol, England), is one of the biggest festivals of its type in Europe. Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival. Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, the largest gathering of hot air balloons in the world.

3. 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.

4. 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]

5. Montgolfier brothers - Wikipedia

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   Early years. Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier were born into a family of paper manufacturers. Their parents were Pierre Montgolfier (1700–1793) and Anne Duret (1701–1760), who had 16 children. [1] Pierre Montgolfier established his eldest son, Raymond (1730–1772), as his successor. [citation needed] Joseph-Michel was the ...

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. 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 ...

8. Pilot said wind shift caused Rochester hot air balloon power ...

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   READ MORE: Hot air balloon hits power line, starts fire in Rochester The NTSB also released photographs from their investigation showing the damaged hot air balloon basket and attaching equipment.

9. A man has fallen to his death from a hot-air balloon in ... - AOL

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   A man fell to his death from a hot-air balloon Monday as it passed over suburban Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city. The hot-air balloon took off from Melbourne’s northern suburbs early ...