Open Directory - Recreation: Aviation: Ballooning
See also: This category in other languages: - Offers flights around Holland plus unusual adventures like night trips or parachuting from a balloon. - Directory, classified ads, discussion forum, news. - Enthusiast site with several images of pressured and hot air balloons. - Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones fly the first circumnavigation of Planet Earth in a balloon. - Promotes the sport of ballooning, provides hot air balloon information, and members create their own weblog page. - News about the Breitling Orbiter III round the world trip. - Photos and reports of special shape balloons plus classified ads and a mailing list. - Information about the balloonist, his speaking engagements, and his around the world trip. Content in English and French. - Ballooning search engine and directory, weather and resources for pilots and crew. - Information about Brian Jones' balloon flight with Bertrand Piccard, including an FAQ, what's next, and a CD-ROM for sale. - High resolution photos, images and pictures from many hot air ballooning events and festivals in Canada and around the world. Hot air balloons, pilots, crew, and flights. - Describes solo flight in a harness attached to a cluster of helium-filled balloons. - Directory of operators plus history, FAQs, terms, and articles. - Previously the Balloon Preservation Group, they save and preserve balloon envelopes both old and modern. Membership details, newsletter and register. - Solar powered hot air balloons made from trash bags. Instructions and photos. - Sovereign Balloons and Chocolate Fountains of Eastbourne, East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and Kent. Sovereign Balloons and Chocolate Fountains are a professional family run Balloon Decorating and Chocolate Fountain Hire company. - Detailed descriptions, plans and software tools for homebuilding hot air balloons. - News and activity dates plus information on the Gordon Bennett race. - The history of modern hot-air balloons, from the early 1960s through the 1970s. Photos and descriptions of the parts of balloons (bakets, burners, envelopes) from all the manufacturers. - Includes list of ballooning links with search capability. - Portal and directory of hot air balloon ride operators for UK, Europe, North America, South America, Australasia.
