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  2. Solar balloon - Wikipedia

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    A 10-foot solar "tetroon" A 4 meters high solar balloon floats over a meadow. A 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. The heated air inside the solar balloon expands and has lower density than the surrounding air. As such, a solar ...

  3. Dominic Michaelis - Wikipedia

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    Inspired by US pioneer Tracy Barnes' first manned solar balloon flight on 1 May 1973, Michaelis designed a free flight solar balloon. The design included a double envelope; the internal layer black polyester, while the outer was transparent. He hired Cameron Balloons in Bristol to build solar balloon G-BAVU. The solar balloon's envelopes worked ...

  4. Hot air balloon - Wikipedia

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    A four-meter-high solar balloon floating over a meadow. Solar balloons are hot air balloons that use just solar energy captured by an envelope. These envelopes are more specialized than for other hot air balloons, trying to maximize the amount of solar energy they collect.

  5. 'World's first' solar hot air balloon takes flight in the UK

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    The air inside the balloon is heated by the sun instead of a propane burner, causing it to rise -- much like solar heated balloons for kids. But the company's sales director, Nick Purvis, told ...

  6. ICYMI: Kids abusing robots, solar powered balloon and more

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    And the UK just launched the first ever solar-powered hot air balloon, which heats regular air with the sun's rays rather than Google's helium, which is found in Project Loon.

  7. Bertrand Piccard - Wikipedia

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    Bertrand Piccard FRSGS (born 1 March 1958) is a Swiss explorer, psychiatrist and environmentalist. [1] Along with Brian Jones, he was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe, in a balloon named Breitling Orbiter 3.