1. By Ms. Foran Mr. Taylor ’s Technology Class ACE April 24, 1981
2. Hot air balloons are the oldest SUCCESSFUL human-carrying flight technology. They have 2 parts: the bag or envelope and the gondola or wicker basket. They also need a source of heat. The heated air inside the envelope makes the balloon buoyant, which makes it rise. It can fly to extremely high altitudes.
5. In June, 1783, the Montgolfier brothers launched their hot air balloon. It was a paper lined linen balloon, filled with hot smoke from a straw fire. It rose 6,000 feet. This balloon did not carry any passengers. In Sept, 1783, King Louis XVI witnessed the first balloon with passengers – a duck, a rooster and a sheep.
