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Occupy highlights ballooning profits at World Economic Forum

Morning Star Online - Jan 25, 2012
by Tom Mellen Occupy activists used giant red weather balloons to mount a flying protest over the venue of the fat-cat World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, today. About a dozen protesters sent up a banner reading: "Hey WEF, where are the other ...

How safe is ballooning?

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3News NZ - Jan 25, 2012
The ballooning industry insists it is the safest form of flying that's been around for more than 200 years, and they're urging people not to be put off by this one off crash. Commercial ballooning has very strict safety requirements - just like flying ...

Balloon festival to lift off with crash tribute

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New Zealand Herald - Jan 24, 2012
By Nathan Crombie of the Wairarapa Times-Age Wairarapa's balloon festival is to go ahead in March - opening with a tribute flight to the 11 victims of the January 7 ballooning tragedy. The decision to go ahead has met with strong support from the ...

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Ballooning books

Reach for the Skies: Ballooning, Birdmen, and Blasting into Space

by: Richard Branson
One of the world's most famous business leaders (and a well-known avian fanatic) explores the pioneers of flight.

Bestselling author and billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has always been obsessed with the skies. To promote a new Virgin Airlines route, he became the first man to water ski behind a blimp. His Virgin Galactic venture will soon offer ordinary people the opportunity to experience spaceflight aboard the first commercial spaceliner, SpaceShipTwo.

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The Pre-Astronauts: Manned Ballooning on the Threshold of Space

by: Craig Ryan
In the 1950s and early 1960s a small fraternity of daring, brilliant men made the first exploratory trips into the upper stratosphere, reaching the edge of outer space in tiny capsules suspended beneath plastic balloons. This book tells the story of these tenacious men as they labored on the cusp of a new age, seeing things that no one had ever seen and experiencing conditions no one was sure they could survive.

Mostly U.S. Air Force and Navy officers, among them doctors, physicists, meteorologists, engineers, astronomers, and test pilots, they struggled with meager budgets, bureaucratic politics, and one another.
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Ballooning over Melbourne - great aerial views at sunrise

This video shows great aerial shots of Melbourne during sunrise hours. It features a complete 360 degree turn over Melbourne, as well as footage of the MCG, the Royal Exhibition Building, the cemetery, and other iconic images of Melbourne. It also includes testimonials from the former minister of tourism in Melbourne, a young couple, a professional photographer and an elderly lady, scared of heights. A sunrise balloon flight over Melbourne is a truly remarkable experience. There are few major cities in the world that can be traversed by hot air balloon and there certainly is no better way to take in Australia's second largest city. In the early morning light you will drift by the array of parks and gardens that make Melbourne the world's most liveable city. As the city comes to life you will look down on some of the cities iconic sporting venues like the MCG, Melbourne Park and Albert Park racetrack. If you are looking for a romantic soft adventure that gives you a peek at city life from a totally different angle then Ballooning over Melbourne is a must. Hot Air Ballooning is an incredible adventure, so be prepared! For more information please visit: www.globalballooning.com.au or call 1800 627 661.

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Ballooning over Lucerne 3D Full HD

This is a small Ballooning Trip over Lucerne, Switzerland, made on a quiet sunday morning with Peter Blaser. Recorded with a small 3D-Camera, now with YouTube 3D-Functionality. Hope to handle YouTube 3D also soon on all 3D-TV in side by side or interleave mode.

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