ballooning
101Gas balloon — A gas balloon is any balloon that stays aloft due to being filled with a gas less dense than air or lighter than air (such as helium or hydrogen). A gas balloon may also be called a Charlière for its inventor, the Frenchman Jacques Charles. Today …
102Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility — Coordinates: 31°46′43″N 95°42′52″W / 31.77861°N 95.71444°W / 31.77861; 95.71444 …
103Charles Green (balloonist) — Portrait of Charles Green by Hilaire Ledru, 1835 Charles Green (31 January 1785 – 26 March 1870) was the United Kingdom s most famous balloonist of the 19th century.[1] He experimented with coal gas as a cheaper and more readily available… …
104Thaddeus S. C. Lowe — Infobox Scientist name = Thaddeus S. C. Lowe caption = Thaddeus Lowe, ca. 1890 birth date = August 20, 1831 birth place = Jefferson Mills, Coos County, New Hampshire, U.S. death date = death date|1913|1|16|mf=y death place = Pasadena, California… …
105Torres, Rio Grande do Sul — Torres is a city located on the south shore of Brazil in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is 197 kilometers away from Porto Alegre, the state capital.Population*Urban population 40,000 *Urban population during the summer 300,000 *Rural… …
106Union Army Balloon Corps — Infobox Military Unit unit name= Union Army Balloon Corps caption= Woodblock sketch of Lowe s balloon with McClellan s Army of the Potomac as depicted in Harper s Weekly . dates= October 1861 August 1863 country= United States allegiance= Union… …
107Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum — The Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum is a museum dedicated to the world wide history, science, and art of all types of ballooning and lighter than air flight. It s located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA and is situated… …
108Edward Maitland (aviator) — Infobox Military Person name= Edward Maitland Maitland lived= 21 February 1880 ndash; 24 August 1921 placeofbirth=London, England placeofdeath=Humber River, England caption= nickname= allegiance=flag|United Kingdom serviceyears= 1900 ndash; 1… …
109Chalmers Ballong Corps — One of CBC s balloons Chalmers Ballong Corps (CBC) is a students hot air ballooning club at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. (The word Ballong is Swedish for Balloon.) The society was founded in 1976 and has since become… …
110John Wise (balloonist) — John Wise (24 February 1808 – 28 September 1879?) was a pioneer in the field of ballooning. He made over 400 flights during his lifetime and was responsible for several innovations in balloon design.BiographyEarly careerJohn Wise was born on 24… …
