Talk:Bristol Belle

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This balloon was covered in national press in the UK, but it is not worth including in wikipedia?JulianHensey 16:29, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

It didn't assert notability, which is grounds for deletion I'm afraid. However, I've cleaned up the article a bit - it should be alright. Be careful not to advertise anything using external links, however - I note that you may be involved in the commemoration event! See WP:COI for more details. Hawker Typhoon 18:17, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I was getting very grumpy over having things deleted, but it looks good now you have cleaned it up. 193.113.57.163 08:24, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

The first modern hot air balloon in Europe was built by Veikko Kaseva in 1966. So Europe->Britain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.195.218.4 (talk) 13:29, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

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'First modern hot air balloon'

Those unfamiliar with aviation history may wonder how this comes to be called 'the first modern hot air balloon'. There were hot air balloons of its shape and power earlier in the 20th century, were there not? Were there some significant decades of disuse in hot air ballooning? In what respect could it be called modern in 1967?Cloptonson (talk) 11:16, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

Indeed, there was a significant decline in hot air ballooning in the early-to-mid 20th century. After enjoying nearly a century of spectacle and entertainment, there had been almost no major advancements in hot air ballooning technology, and people had ceased being entertained by watching balloons. Balloonists had to resort to riskier stunts such as incorporating parachuting and acrobatics, but even with this gate receipts declined to the point that fairs, festivals and other events stopped allowing them. With the ensuing development of airships, blimps and airplanes, ballooning for sport and entertainment nearly came to an end.

Now, what makes today's hot air balloon "modern" is the invention of portable propane tanks and efficient burners which super-heat the gas, along with modern materials for the envelope, allowing balloons to be smaller, lighter and more portable. To give you some sense of this, the original Montolfieres balloons were massive - 75 feet tall, 50 feet in diameter. The gondola was a circular platform with a giant hole in the middle. The gondola sat on top of a 20 foot-tall oven where wood, straw and other materials were burned in order to create the hot air to fill the balloon from below. It would be nearly 80 years before the next major leaps in the technology. Eugène Godard, one of the most significant hydrogen balloonists in history, turned his attention to hot air ballooning. He invented the tear panel to help balloons deflate faster, and he developed a on-board power source for the balloon. The power source still relied on burning straw and other dry materials in order to heat the air, and the boiler was over 15 feet tall and weighed around 1000 pounds. These balloons featured two-story gondolas that could carry 50 people with envelopes that carried 6,000 to 14,000 cubic meters of heated air. Aside from various ways to prepare the envelope (glues, melted rubber, varnishes), there were no other significant advancements.

Ed Yost made it modern with his invention of the portable fuel system and burners, but he was also responsible for the development of plastics used first in hydrogen balloon envelopes for scientific research. Later he created envelopes using other light, synthetic materials. He also held many patents for the shape and design of the balloon and for various innovations. These first sport balloons were single-person Hoppers. Yost, Don Cameron, Håkan Colting, Per Lindstrand and others helped to develop the balloons further to carry more passengers, fly higher and further, giving us the balloon craze we continue to enjoy today. Kamnet (talk) 04:41, 27 October 2018 (UTC)