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    surrounding air. In modern sport balloons the envelope is generally made from nylon fabric, and the inlet of the balloon (closest to the burner flame) is...
    62 KB (7,250 words) - 20:48, 11 November 2024
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    nylon fabric, and can come in many different colors. Some early balloons were made of dried animal bladders, such as the pig bladder. Some balloons are...
    32 KB (3,754 words) - 21:32, 30 September 2024
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    have allowed the balloon to fly four to five times as far. However, burning embers from the fire were scorching the balloon fabric and had to be daubed...
    18 KB (2,200 words) - 23:06, 17 October 2024
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    needed] The balloons were fabric envelopes filled with hydrogen gas, the flammable nature of which led to the destruction of hundreds of balloons.[citation...
    13 KB (1,234 words) - 08:20, 8 November 2024
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    with aerostation as its title. A balloon is conceptually the simplest of all flying machines. The balloon is a fabric envelope filled with a gas that is...
    41 KB (4,987 words) - 22:46, 8 November 2024
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    wearing a version of the down jacket in 1922, originally made from balloon fabric and eiderdown. In 1936, outdoor adventurer Eddie Bauer created a down...
    8 KB (1,000 words) - 06:05, 27 May 2024
  • Balloon (German: Ballon) is a 2018 German thriller drama film directed by Michael Herbig. The film depicts the crossing of the Inner German border by...
    31 KB (3,232 words) - 00:23, 31 October 2024
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    homemade hot air balloon. The unique feat was the result of over a year and a half of preparations involving three different balloons, various modifications...
    27 KB (3,100 words) - 05:06, 28 September 2024
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    only European producer who uses the unique high-tenacity polyester balloon fabric for envelopes, and it is all manufactured 'in house' in Černá Hora near...
    6 KB (662 words) - 11:09, 3 October 2024
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    the hundreds of meters of fabric which is cut into panels, then sewn together by machinists. When the artwork on the balloon is intricate, the designs...
    11 KB (822 words) - 01:17, 21 September 2024
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    A water balloon or water bomb is a balloon, often made of latex rubber, filled with water. Water balloons are used in a summer pastime of cooling off...
    10 KB (1,138 words) - 03:33, 9 November 2024
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    have allowed the balloon to fly four to five times as far. However, burning embers from the fire were scorching the balloon fabric and had to be extinguished...
    11 KB (1,390 words) - 11:27, 22 August 2024
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    Textile (redirect from Fabric)
    yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics.: 3 : 5  However, weaving is not the...
    123 KB (10,601 words) - 11:10, 16 November 2024
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    system designed to dry balloon fabric and parachutes. Balloons were assigned to the field until 1941. The most famous balloon pilot trained at Fort Sill...
    54 KB (6,873 words) - 14:19, 25 October 2024
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    at Chatham where they discovered that Goldbeater's skin was superior balloon fabric than the material they had used previously – in particular it was easier...
    8 KB (795 words) - 18:27, 17 August 2024
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    Aerostat (redirect from Aerostatic balloon)
    gas-bag of a balloon or airship The Oxford Illustrated Dictionary. Great Britain: Oxford University Press. 1976 [1975]. p. 281. fabric enclosing gas-bags...
    17 KB (2,348 words) - 02:26, 2 November 2024
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    includes more than 3,500 square metres of fabric. It took a team of six workers seven months to complete the balloon. Due to its large size, The Skywhale is...
    26 KB (2,553 words) - 16:55, 12 September 2024
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    the panels of a hot-air balloon or parachute, or the triangular insert that allows extra movement in a garment (see Gore (fabrics)). Globes of the Earth...
    3 KB (332 words) - 18:24, 20 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Solar balloon
    solar balloon is a balloon that gains buoyancy when the air inside is heated by solar radiation, usually with the help of black or dark balloon material...
    13 KB (1,581 words) - 18:20, 26 July 2024
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    the balloon's fabric that put it under extreme stress as the balloon expanded in stratosphere. The NGS and Air Corps vowed to launch a new balloon in June...
    7 KB (862 words) - 19:54, 12 August 2024
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