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UPI Focus: Balloon pilots set for landing in Egypt

The pilots of the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon are aiming for a safe landing early Sunday morning in south-west Egypt, their place in the record books secure..

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The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History s Biggest Mistakes - Governors Wind Energy Coalition

The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History s Biggest Mistakes - Governors Wind Energy Coalition
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The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History s Biggest Mistakes

A century ago, Thomas Midgley Jr. was responsible for two phenomenally destructive innovations. What can we learn from them today?

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Balloon | Description, History, & Facts

balloon, large airtight bag filled with hot air or a lighter-than-air gas, such as helium or hydrogen, to provide buoyancy so that it will rise and float in the atmosphere. Transport balloons have a basket or container hung below for passengers or cargo. A self-propelled steerable balloon is called an airship or a dirigible. Balloons were used in the first successful human attempts at flying. Experimentation with balloonlike craft may have begun as early as 1709 with the work of Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão, a Brazilian priest and inventor. In 1783 Joseph and Étienne Montgolfier at Annonay, France, confirmed that

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In Memoriam: E John Michel, MRCM (DV) USN (Ret),

REMEMBERING MY SHIPMATE JOHN Michelwe Met In January 1959 When I Became The First Officer In Charge Of The Navy’S Newly Acquired…

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