Who?
She wrote the expository text, Hot Air Balloons
Dana Meachen Rau
An opening that lets hot air escape
a parachute valve
to move in one direction or another - left or right
to steer
They watched their kites fly high
the Chinese
A gas filled ablloon with a metal frame and engine
an airship
People in the basket of a hot air balloon
passengers
This has a flame that fills the balloon with hot air
a burner
to stay up on top and not fall or sink
to float
These borthers developed a hot air balloon after watching paper burn
The Montgolfier Brothers
The science of movement and action
physics
The person that makes the balloon go up and down
a pilot
This controls the balloon and turns it left or right
the wind
to put air inside so it gets bigger
to inflate
They told stories about men who made wings to fly
the Greek
Paths of wind that carry hot air balloons
currents
The people on the ground that follow the balloon and meets up when it lands.
The crew
These turn very quickly on an airship to make it move
propellers
to get secret information about an enemy
to spy
He watched a gas balloon being launched in 1793
George Washington
Strong fabric made from a worm/caterpillar
silk
He developed modern hot air balloons
Ed Yost
This the name of the balloon area that is filled with gas
the envelope
to look for a good place or the best place to do something
to scout out
These brothers are thought to be the first to fly in an airplane in the early 1900s.
The Wright Brothers
There is no way that this can be done... it's ___
impossible