Gas Ballooning FAQs
What makes gas balloons fly? Gas balloons ascend because the gas inside is less dense and lighter than the air on the outside of the balloon. Heating up regular air makes its molecules expand, becoming lighter than the surrounding atmosphere. That’s what causes hot-air balloons to lift off. Gas balloons used in races such as […]
French Pilots Win World’s Prestigious Gas-Balloon Race
French balloon pilots Vincent Leys and Christophe Houver won the 61st Gordon Bennett Cup over the weekend of 8-10 September 2017. The Gordon Bennett Cup is the oldest and most prestigious gas-balloon race in the world. The pair traveled 1,836.06km having launched on Friday 8 September 2017 from Gruyères near Fribourg, Switzerland. 61st Gordon Bennett […]
