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2. 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 ...

3. Balloon - Wikipedia

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   Balloons are often deliberately released, creating a so-called balloon rocket. 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 ...

4. Loon LLC - Wikipedia

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   A Loon balloon at the Christchurch launch event in June 2013. Loon LLC was an Alphabet Inc. subsidiary working on providing Internet access to rural and remote areas. The company used high-altitude balloons in the stratosphere at an altitude of 18 km (11 mi) to 25 km (16 mi) to create an aerial wireless network with up to 1 Mbit/s speeds.

5. Barrage balloon - Wikipedia

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   US Marine Corps barrage balloon, Parris Island, South Carolina, in May 1942 A barrage balloon is a type of airborne barrage, a large uncrewed tethered balloon used to defend ground targets against aircraft attack, by raising aloft steel cables which pose a severe risk of collision with hostile aircraft, making the attacker's approach difficult and hazardous.

6. Jeff Koons - Wikipedia

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   Koons in Matt Black's Reflections series at Nowness. Jeffrey Lynn Koons (/ k uː n z /; born January 21, 1955) [1] is an American artist recognized for his work dealing with popular culture and his sculptures depicting everyday objects, including balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror-finish surfaces.

7. RedBalloon - Wikipedia

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   RedBalloon was founded in 2001 by Naomi Simson.Simson began the company out of her house with a $25,000 personal investment, after copying the idea from the UK business Red Letter Days [2] She grew the company to forty six employees by 2011.