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  2. List of English Channel crossings by air - Wikipedia

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    First crossing by helium balloon cluster Jonathan Trappe (US) The Channel Cluster Challock, Kent, England Les Moëres, France Completed in 4 hours. He crossed the Channel dangling beneath a cloud of coloured helium balloons and controlled his altitude by cutting the balloons free one by one with a pair of scissors. [20] [21] 9 July 2015

  3. Allsopp Helikite - Wikipedia

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    A Helikite lifting a gyro-stabilized camera. The Allsopp Helikite is a kite balloon or kytoon designed by Sandy Allsopp in the United Kingdom in 1993. [1] This Helikite comprises a combination of a helium balloon and a kite to form a single, aerodynamically sound, tethered aircraft, that utilises both wind and helium for its lift.

  4. Balloon mail - Wikipedia

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    Balloon mail is often sent as part of a balloon competition. The balloon mail posts of Paris in 1870 The Louis Blanc, piloted by Eugène Farcot on 12 October 1870, was the 10th balloon mail of the 66 sent during the siege. Historically, balloons were used to transport mail from Paris during the Siege of Paris of 1870–1871. About 66 unguided ...

  5. Tethered balloon - Wikipedia

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    A balloon is a form of aerostat, along with the powered free-flying airship, although the American GAO has used the term "aerostat" to describe a tethered balloon in contrast to the powered airship. [1] Tethered balloons have been used for advertising, recreation, observation, and civil or military uses.

  6. History of ballooning - Wikipedia

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    The first modern-day hot air balloon to be built in the United Kingdom (UK) was the Bristol Belle in 1967. Today, hot air balloons are used primarily for recreation, and there are some 7,500 hot air balloons operating in the United States. [51] The first tethered balloon in modern times was made in France at Chantilly Castle in 1994 by ...

  7. Balloon - Wikipedia

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    Balloon rockets work because the elastic balloons contract on the air within them, and so when the mouth of the balloon is opened, the gas within the balloon is expelled out, and due to Newton's third law of motion, the balloon is propelled forward. This is the same way that a rocket works.

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