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What are balloon flights?

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Answered Mar 09, 2021

Inflatable flight, entry through the inflatable demeanor that contains a light gas, like helium or warmed air, for which reason it is otherwise called lighter-than-air free flight. Automated inflatables have been utilized to convey meteorological instruments and might be radio-controlled. Monitored inflatables have a bin, or gondola, appended beneath the inflatable for the pilot and travelers. A basic bridle or boatswain's seat has gotten mainstream for solo flights. By changing the rising and plummet of an inflatable through the air, a pilot can exploit accessible breezes to control the course of the inflatable over the outside of Earth. This component of control, or its absence, is a sign of game swelling.

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G. Deacon

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G. Deacon, Civil Engineer, B.E(Bachelor of Engineering), Trenton, New Jersey

Answered Dec 11, 2019

Balloon flights refer to a means whereby balloon moves in the atmosphere (air). This is done by a phenomenon whereby lighter air, such as heated air or helium, is pumped into the balloon. Due to the fact that the air inside the balloon is less dense compared to the normal air in the atmosphere, the balloon can rise and fly in the air. This means of transportation is also referred to as lighter-than-air flight. There are basically two types of balloon flights, based on their purposes.

One is the manned balloons, and the second is the unmanned balloons. The manned balloons are usually used to transport inhuman materials such as meteorological instruments, and it might be controllable by remote. The manned balloons usually have a form of basket or gondola, which is attached to their base to contain humans, such as the pilots and the passengers. Balloon flights are mostly used for short-distance flight, and at a low altitude.

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A. Boaz

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A. Boaz, Mechanical Engineer, Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia

Answered Nov 21, 2019

Balloon flights are the passage through the air of a balloon that contains buoyant gas, such as helium or heated air. It is also more gentle than free air flight. Unmanned balloons have been used to carry climatic instruments, which may be radio-controlled.

Manned balloons have a basket fastened underneath the balloon for the pilot and passengers. By shifting the rise and fall of a balloon through the air, a pilot can take advantage of available winds to guide the path of the balloon over the surface of the earth.

This element of control or lack of it is synonymous with sport ballooning. Hot air balloons may be used for short flights at low altitudes or taken on long jumps using stronger winds to travel hundreds of kilometers at altitude 3km.

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Andrew152

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Answered Jan 13, 2019

Anyone who's ever watched the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (or seen the Broadway musical Wicked) will recall the wacky way the wizard first arrived into Oz: by hot air balloon. Just like the wizard's, hot air balloons consist of a basket attached to a giant balloon (called an envelope). Envelopes come in many different colors and shapes, though they're usually made out of nylon. At the bottom of the envelope, a device called a burner produces a flame which heats the air inside, lifting the basket more than 1,000 feet off the ground. Pilots fly the balloon by manipulating the heat to ride wind currents.

Anyone who's ever watched the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (or seen the Broadway musical Wicked)

The French scientist Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier launched the first hot air balloon and its passengers (a sheep, duck, and rooster) on September 19th, 1783. Today, balloon flights are most often used to supply passengers with the delight of flying through the air while witnessing breathtaking scenery below. In competitive balloon flights, pilots earn points by dropping a weighted marker as close as they can to a target on the ground. Finally, unmanned balloons are used in scientific research and data collection, such as weather balloons used to predict weather patterns.

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