FUN FACTS ABOUT HOT AIR BALLONS
- Hot air balloons were discovered in France in 1783.
- It was discovered that a fabric bag filled with hot air would rise.
- Initially Balloons without any Passengers were sent up.
- Then, animals of all sorts were used for experimenting like a sheep, rooster, and duck, to be sent high up.
- Finally, they sent up a balloon with two men in it. It traveled over Paris for 5.5 miles. It stayed up 23 minutes.
- This was the first attempt made by man to fly. Bravo!
- Balloons have been important in science as they have helped us study the weather and the atmosphere.
- It has cables attached from basket to balloon.
- The skirt helps direct the hot air into the balloon.
- Each long section of the Hot Air Balloon is called the gore.
- Smaller pieces of the gore are called panels.
- A Parachute is placed right at the top of each Hot Air Balloon.
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