balloon altitude

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• Notable balloon altitude records — ▪ Table Notable balloon altitude records date balloonists altitude April 24, 1804 Joseph Louis Gay Lussac and Jean Baptiste Biot (France) 3,977 metres (2.5 miles) Sept. 19, 1804 Joseph Louis Gay Lussac 7,016 metres (4.4 miles) Sept. 5, 1862 James …   Universalium

• balloon flight — ▪ aviation Introduction  passage through the air of a balloon that contains a buoyant gas, such as helium or heated air, for which reason it is also known as lighter than air free flight. Unmanned balloons have been used to carry meteorological… …   Universalium

• balloon sickness — altitude sickness occurring during balloon ascents …   Medical dictionary

• balloon astronomy — balloon astronomy, the use of high altitude balloons equipped with telescopes to obtain photographs of the sun, planets, or other heavenly bodies, and to gather other astronomical data …   Useful english dictionary

• Balloon (aircraft) — Ballooning redirects here. For the behavior of spiders and other arthropods, see Ballooning (spider). Not to be confused with Airship or Blimp. Balloon …   Wikipedia

• balloon — balloonlike, adj. /beuh loohn /, n. 1. a bag made of thin rubber or other light material, usually brightly colored, inflated with air or with some lighter than air gas and used as a children s plaything or as a decoration. 2. a bag made of a… …   Universalium

• balloon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. aerostat, blimp; free, sounding, kite, pilot, or dirigible balloon; fire balloon, montgolfier. See aviation. v. i. swell. See convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dirigible, aircraft, airship, weather… …   English dictionary for students

• Balloon rocket — A balloon rocket is a balloon filled with air. Besides being simple toys, balloon rockets are a widely used teaching device to demonstrate physical principles and the functioning of a rocket. [http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/58269main Rockets.Guide.pdf… …   Wikipedia

• High altitude balloon — BLAST high altitude balloon just before launch on June 12, 2005High altitude balloons are unmanned balloons, usually filled with helium, that are released into the upper atmosphere, generally reaching between 60,000 and 120,000 feet (18,000… …   Wikipedia

• Skyhook balloon — The skyhook balloon launched in 1957 to photograph the sun Skyhook balloons were balloons developed by Otto C. Winzen and General Mills, Inc., and used by the United States Navy Office of Naval Research in the late 1940s and in the 1950s for… …   Wikipedia

• Flight altitude record — These are the records set for going the highest in the atmosphere from the age of ballooning onward. Some records are certified by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. Contents 1 Fixed wing aircraft 1.1 Piston driven propeller aeroplane 1.2… …   Wikipedia