Ballooning

unpowered aerostat

S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897

French designer of airships (1847–1905)

United States Air Force project

post transported with gas ballons

activity of flying hot air balloons

1955-1958 United States Air Force aero-medical research program

French officer, pioneer in automotive engineering (1850-1935)

thumb|A Helikite kytoon lifting a gyro-stabilised camera

French air reconnaissance unit in Napoleonic War

skydiving from near space

thumb|Ultramagic N-355 hot air balloon (volume of 10,000 m³, for up to 20 persons) registered in Germany and sponsored by [[Warsteiner]] Ultramagic (, ) is a manufacturer of hot air balloons, based at the Igualada-Òdena Aerodrome, province of Barcelona, Catalonia. It is the only manufacturer of hot air balloons in Spain, and the second largest in the world. The company produces from 80 to 120 balloons per year, with 80% of them exported to Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Japan. The company can produce massive balloons, such as the N-500 that accommodates up to 27 persons in th

balloon manufacturing company in Bristol, England