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More than a century before the Wright brothers’ first flight, humans were taking to the skies in hot air balloons. Today, with basic craft skills, you can build and safely launch your own balloons using inexpensive, readily available materials. Author and inventor Clive Catterall provides illustrated, step-by-step instructions for eight different homemade models, as well as the science and history behind them. Some, like the Solar Tetroon or the Trash Bag Sausage, are made from plastic bags and tape. Others, like the Khom Loi or the Kongming Lantern, are built using tissue paper and wire. The Hot Air Balloon Book also shows readers ways to heat the interior air that lifts these balloons, from tea candles to hair dryers, kitchen toasters to the sun’s warming rays. Always keeping safety in mind, the author includes detailed guidelines on when and where open flames are appropriate and the proper weather conditions to launch these lighter-than-air craft.
The author describes her experiences with hot air ballooning as passenger and ground-crew member and depicts the sport from flight preparation to dismantling.
In this story based on true events, a thirteen-year-old apprentice takes the first manned hot air balloon flight in America and gains new insight into life's possibilities.
Balloons Aloft: Flying South Dakota Skies: by Arley K. Fadness Balloons Aloft: Flying South Dakota Skies, highlights significant ballooning events and pioneering aeronauts in South Dakota. On the 150th anniversary publication of Jules Verne's classic Cinq Semaines En Balloon (Five Weeks in a Balloon), Balloons Aloft: relives the same imagination, daring risks and courageous adventures that characterized not only Verne's novel, but also, and prophetically -- the history, art and science of ballooning in South Dakota and beyond. Arley Fadness writes as a former employee and friend of Ed Yost, the Father of the Modern Hot Air Balloon. Balloons Aloft: offers the reader a fascinating balloon ride through stories, ancedotes and adventures of celebrated aeronauts. Balloons Aloft chronicles the history of Ballooning in it's many different forms in South Dakota. For a state with a small population, South Dakota has been a major player in ballooning worldwide. This book gives an entertaining and informative perspective on the key characters connected to ballooning in the 20th century. Arley Fadness is in a unique position to give eyewitness views of many of these pioneers in modern ballooning. Norma Kraemer, pilot and author of Images of Aviation South Dakota's First Century of flight. Arley K. Fadness, draftsman, Model A Ford restorer, Pastor and writer was born in Webster, SD. He attended the Boeing drafting school, as well as Luther and McCormick Seminaries. Arley is a retired ELCA Lutheran Pastor having served congregations in Arizona, Minnesota and South Dakota. He is the author of several books including Six Spiritual Needs in America Today; Holy Moses; and Blueprints for Lent. Arley is married to Pamela and the couple have four adult children, Timothy, Susan, Joel, and Rebekah. Arley and Pam love the beautiful Black Hills where they live, hike, bike and dabble in things Scandinavian.
Raccoon is in search of adventure! A hot air balloon looks like the perfect way for him to experience flying . . . but how will he get down?
Aloft! at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a celebration of Balloon Fiesta's 40 years and ballooning itself. This photographic Coffee Table book provides a visceral and visual overview of Balloon Fiesta, as well as insight into the history and nomenclature of the sport. Young or old, Aloft! preserves all the delightful memories for those fortunate enough to have attended the event, and serve as a wonderful gift for those people yet to experience the world s greatest ballooning extravaganza.Show More Show Less
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Using only prepositions as text, relates the adventures of two elephants as they travel to Africa to visit their Aunt Rwanda.