hot air balloons

Includes a brief history of hot air balloons and describes how they work, the techniques of flying them, and their uses.

Winston Smith, a sheep, and Sebastian Curruso, a lion, build a hot air balloon and set out through the wonders of the night sky to find out why the Moon has disappeared.

Photographs and simple text describes hot air balloons and what makes them fly.

Mouton the sheep is fascinated by the thought of flying and she gets her wish, when she is sent up in the Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon in 1783.

Introduces basic concepts such as rise and fall and one and many while following "Tickled Pink, " a rainbow colored hot-air balloon, on a flight.

After studying the short cuts in town, Gina and Grandpa hope to win the bicycle balloon chase, but just as they sense victory, they start chasing a parrot instead of the balloon.

Justin Robert's plans to climb all the mountains near his family's Fourth Lake camp before the summer is over hit a snag when he comes face-to-face with a coyote on the trail up Black Bear Mountain.

The author describes her experiences with hot air ballooning as passenger and ground-crew member and depicts the sport from flight preparation to dismantling.

Describes how, in 1986, Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand became the first persons ever to cross the Atlantic Ocean by hot air balloon.

Describes the history, equipment, and techniques of hot air ballooning and examines some of its competitions and popular locations.