For many people, flying has always been a dream. Most people want to have a pair of wings and can fly freely in the blue sky and feel the charm of high altitude. As a human dream, flying is a topic that has been mentioned. Later, the emergence of hot air balloons solved this problem.
Hot air balloons are the oldest and simplest aircraft in the world. Because of is ancient and rare, we knew nothing about its parts and equipment. Let's understand more knowledge about hot air balloons together.
Hot air balloons are powered by burners. A hot air balloon has no rudder. It changes direction with the wind. For a hot air balloon pilot, he can control the size of the ignition, which in turn controls the altitude of the balloon.
At different altitudes, at different times, and at different places, the wind direction is different, and if we want to adjust the direction, we have to Orient to a different height.
The burner is the heart of the hot air balloon, which is 150 times larger than the combustion energy of the ordinary home gas furnace. When the main burner was ignited, the flame was 2-3 meters high and made a loud noise. Because the burning energy of the flame is great, it will not be extinguished by the wind. There are two combustion systems on the hot air balloon to prevent faults in the air.
The 18th -century Frenchman Meng Gefei was the inventor of the hot air balloon. On November 21, 1783, they conducted the first manned flight experiment with a hot air balloon. At the beginning of the hot air balloon, it took off from the Bloginelin Garden in western Paris.
It had been flying in the sky for 25 minutes. Finally, it successfully landed near the Italian square in Paris Thirteen.
This flight experiment also officially announced that the manned hot air balloons achieved complete success, which also opened people's exploration of the sky through the hot air balloon.
On October 21, 1960, the first modern material hot air balloon (called a modern balloon) was successfully flown in the United States. The emergence of modern hot air balloons has greatly promoted the application and popularization of hot air balloons. In 1966, the first modern hot air balloon appeared in Europe. Since then, the event has been popularized.
Over the past half a century, the sport of hot air balloons has developed rapidly in the West. This way of being free flying in the sky has also been loved and sought after by many people. Slowly more and more people like this sport, and the influence of hot air balloons has become greater and greater. The international hot air balloon festival is also carried out internationally. This festival is a carnival of the hot air balloon.
Let's take a look at the two hot air balloon destinations in the world!
Türkiye
Türkiye's hot air balloon flight has been described by many travelers as a "must experience once in a lifetime" classic project, both in scale and scenery is one of the best. Surrounded by mountains, the wind is relatively low, making it suitable for hot air balloons.
When the hot air balloon rises slowly, you will feel that you are traveling among the strange rocks. Türkiye was also named one of National Geographic magazine's top 10 wonders of the Earth.
Daeborg, Switzerland
Launched in 1979, the International Hot Air Balloon Carnival attracts crowds of balloon enthusiasts every year. In 1999, three travelers set off from here in a hot-air balloon and successfully completed the world's first round-the-world hot-air balloon trip, bringing more attention to Daeborg. It also brings people to this idyllic Swiss town every January to watch the ballooning event.
