Revellers inhale the gas from balloons - it can distort sound, create feelings of euphoria or trigger a headache Wholesalers in the Netherlands say that in the past two years there has been a 400% ...
The store, which sells party balloons to both individuals and firms, is a victim of a global shortage in helium that has seen prices for the gas surge. Mr Durnford says the cost of the helium he ...
But when it comes to controlled long-distance flight, gas-filled balloons are also limited. As the sun heats the gas in the envelope, the balloon rises uncontrollably and so gas has to be vented ...
Lifting the contraption required 3 million cubic feet of hydrogen, an extremely flammable gas. The flight ended in disaster when the balloon ripped, plummeted towards earth, and burst into flames ...
Narrator:The balloon built for Felix will hold 30 million cubic feet of gas. Narrator:Although it's incredibly thin, it's designed to carry a capsule, the weight of a car, 39km up. It will be ...
The villagers alleged that civic volunteer Durgaprasad Bhattacharya recently began an illegal gas balloon business. Bagdi, who was Bhattacharya's neighbour, helped him fill the balloons.
You will need reliable transportation and basic equipment, such as helium tanks for gas-filled balloons, and air compressors for blowing up cold-air balloons. But don't worry- this type of ...
They spread out the enormous balloons on the grass and check all the lines. The talk is all about today's temperature, wind speed, and direction. Some of the balloonists have turned on their gas ...
But people flew much earlier than that by using hot air balloons as well as gas-filled ones. While the Montgolfier brothers get most of the credit for hot air ballooning in 1783, there are some ...