- "Building and Flying Paper Hot Air Balloons"-- Instructions and diagrams for a five foot diameter, 70 cubic foot model. Inspired by the fire balloon tradition in Burma.
- "How to Make a Fire Balloon" -- Paper fire balloon instructions, from "The Boys Own Paper," 1891, London.
- How to Make a "Box Shaped" Hot Air Balloon -- This pattern looks easier to build than a spherical balloon.
- "Building your own Hot Air Balloon!" -- Instructions and diagrams for paper hot air balloons. Includes some great photographs. Also includes some real scary designs for a coke-can engine.
- Community Learning Network -- Lesson plan and instructions for building paper hot air balloons.
- Fire Balloons -- A fire balloon enthusiast's website on alcohol powered balloon.
- BALÕES ILUSÕES DE PAPEL -- Brazil association that promotes paper hot air balloon culture.
- Turma Amor Eterno -- Photograph page for Brazil association that promotes paper hot air balloon culture.
- Aerostats of Leonidion Greece -- Every Easter hundreds of fire balloons are launched over the Mediterranean Sea.
- Mrs. Mitchell's Virtual School -- Educational links to hot air balloon activities.
- Blastvalve -- Ballooning Search Engine and Directory -- Includes links to model hot air balloon sites.
- Ballooning Directory-- 1600 links to hot air balloon sites.
- World Wide Web Balloon Pages -- Joop De Wilde -- Netherlands -- Comprehensive list of ballooning links.
- Hot Air Ballooning --
Joop De Wilde's Commercial Site -- Includes list of model hot air
balloon links.
- Plantraco Radio Controlled Blimps -- Plantraco -- Helium filled models, battery powered, for indoor flight.
- Radio Controlled Ballooning
-- Student with pictures of his radio-controlled balloon.
- NASA's Scientific Ballooning Program -- Balloons provide an inexpensive way to reach a space environment.
- NASA's Allstar Network -- Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science Technology and Research.
- Ask a High Energy Astronomer -- A NASA Scientist explains how hot air balloons work.
- The Bombard Society -- Hot Air Balloon Tours over historic regions of Europe.
- Air
War over Virginia -- History and narrative on observation balloons
in the Civil War.
- Library of Congress -- Thomas A. Edison Inc. presents a 2:45 minute film of San Francisco, as viewed from a tethered hydrogen balloon, in 1902.
- Caquot Type R Observation Balloon -- Balloon from First World War is on display at the USAF Museum.
- Vidicom Media Productions -- Presents photographs and videos of the Hindenberg Disaster, other Zeppelins, modern airships and other aircraft.
- Graf Zeppelin --Flying over New York City.
- Precision Aerodynamics -- Parachute Manufacturer -- Links to educational resources related to aeronautics..
- World War II Ace Stories -- Pilots from all of the belligerent countries describe their war experiences.
- Gas Laws -- Includes descriptions of the various Gas Laws, and experiments for demonstrating them.
- Novel Sites -- A list of funny and curious websites on the World Wide Web.
- Weird Links.com -- Lots and Lots of Weird Links. (Warning Note: "Some Content May be Objectionable...")
- Rebuttal to -- Fire Balloons and Exeter -- Author believes Larry Robinson's "fire balloon theory" is full of hot air, and presumes that these 1965 UFO sightings might really have been spacecraft from another planet, or something else.
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