Plans
for Building Model Hot Air
Balloons
- The Overflite Store sells
Ready to Fly Hot Air Balloons and Balloon Kits - OUT OF BUSINESS
- "Building
and
Flying
Paper
Hot Air Balloons"-- Instructions and diagrams
for a five foot diameter, 70 cubic foot model. Inspired by the
fire balloon tradition in Burma.
- How
to
Make
a
"Box Shaped" Hot Air Balloon -- This pattern looks
easier to build than a spherical balloon.
- Community
Learning
Network -- Lesson plan and instructions for building
paper hot air balloons.
- Fire
Balloons -- A fire balloon enthusiast's website on paper
balloons, heated with an alcohol-soaked cotton ball.
Balloons
Around
the
World
- A.R.I.A --
Italy
and Europe's premier association, to promote the art, culture and
tradition
of paper hot air balloons.
- Turma
Amor Eterno
-- Photograph page for Brazil association that promotes paper hot
air
balloon culture.
- Aerostats
of Leonidion Greece -- Every Easter hundreds of fire balloons
are launched over the Mediterranean Sea.
- Mrs.
Mitchell's Virtual School -- Educational links to hot air
balloon activities.
Ballooning and
Aeronautics Link Web-Pages
- Yahoo
-- Recreation/Hobbies/Models/Aircraft -- Yahoo's list of model
aircraft websites
- Blastvalve
--
Ballooning
Search
Engine and Directory -- Includes links to
model hot air balloon sites.
- World
Wide Web
Balloon Pages -- Joop De Wilde -- Netherlands --
Comprehensive list of ballooning links.
Radio-Controlled
(RC)
Balloons
and
Blimps
- Schlegal Fire Balloons
-- Radio-Controlled (RC) Model Hot Air Balloons are popular
in
Germany and other places in Europe. Website includes lots of
information,
photographs, and links to other RC Model Balloon websites.
Translation
program makes this German language website, along with its links,
readable
in English and other languages.
- Plantraco
Radio
Controlled Blimps -- Plantraco -- Helium filled models, battery
powered, for indoor flight.
- Radio
Controlled
Ballooning -- Student with pictures of his radio-controlled
balloon.
Other
Ballooning
and
Aeronautics
Webpages
- NASA's
Scientific
Ballooning
Program -- Balloons provide an
inexpensive way to reach a space environment.
- NASA's
Allstar
Network -- Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for
Science Technology and Research.
- Ask
a
High
Energy
Astronomer -- A NASA Scientist explains how hot
air balloons work.
- Buddy
Bombard
-- Hot Air Balloon Tours over historic regions of
Europe.
Photographs
and
Videos
of Balloons
and Airships
- Library
of
Congress -- Thomas A. Edison Inc. presents a 2:45 minute
film
of San Francisco, as viewed from a tethered hydrogen balloon, in 1902.
- Caquot
Type R Observation Balloon -- Balloon from First World War is
on
display at the USAF Museum.
- Vidicom Media
Productions
-- Presents photographs and videos of the Hindenberg Disaster,
other
Zeppelins, modern airships and other aircraft.
- Graf
Zeppelin --Flying over New York City.
Aircraft
and
Aerospace
Websites
- Precision
Aerodynamics
-- Parachute Manufacturer -- Links to educational resources
related
to aeronautics..
Other
Interesting
Websites
- SodaConstructor
-- Web-toy, that makes an assortment of two-dimensional mechanical
objects out of sodastraws and springs. Great way to kill time..
- Gas
Laws -- Includes descriptions of the various Gas Laws, and
experiments for demonstrating them.
Science
Project
Websites
Science Project Ideas
-- UK site is designed to help parents and teachers to help children
learn about science. Such as Biology, Chemistry, Physics,
Meteorology and Mathematics. Site includes dozens upon dozens of
projects and experiments to prove the concepts and make them memorable
learning experiences.
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