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Experimental Ballooning Links

Experimental Ballooning Pages

• Experimental Balloon and Airship Association (EBAA) - uniting the LTA builders of this world.
• Balloon Building Homepage - detailed information site by Paul Craven.
• Balloon-Makers Mailing List - run by Tom Deering.
• Balloon Construction Pages - pictorial by builder Paul Craven in Indianola (Iowa), USA. Visit this page before starting your own project.
• Balloon Scale Drawing - Tom Deering's site with top-notch Excel spreadsheets.
• Balloon Built in 24 Hours - by 60 volunteers at a Carolinas Balloon Association Safety Seminar.
• 1998 Experimental Balloon and Airship Meet - digital photography and reports by Jon Radowski.
• Ballooning into the Sky - John Ninomiya's brilliant site on Cloudhoppers and Cluster Ballooning.
• Tiedyed Balloons - common tiedying methods applied to balloons.
• Experimental DuoChair Balloon - built by Balloon Repairs of East Texas (USA).
• Peter Blaser - a Swiss balloonist who has flown his Boland experimental balloon all over the world.
• Publications about LTA Homebuilding - providing valuable information.
• Boland Balloon - balloon kits and plans, plus materials.
• La Construction Amateur - several articles about balloon homebuilding (in French).

General Ballooning Pages

• Early Years of Sport Ballooning - fabulous balloon history site with many photos and technical details.
• WWW Balloon Pages - the largest collection of ballooning links.
• Blastvalve: Ballooning Search Engine - links organized by topic.
• Syrinx Balloon - links to news articles and festivals.
• Balloon Crewing 101 - introduction to inflating and chasing balloons.
• Bart's Special Shapes - a collection of hundreds of special shapes.

Private Record Flights

• Julian Nott - AX-12 and AX-13 altitude.
• Super 2 - Coy Foster in an AS-2 superpressure balloon.
• Skyquest 7 - Bill Bussey going for AX-6 distance.
• Savannah Six - Andy Cayton with Jon Kolba's double-envelope AX-6.

Commercial and Ballooning Classifieds Pages

• Zebedee List - a list of airships and balloons for sale.
• Micki's 'For Sale' Board - free balloon classified ads.
• HotAirBallooning.com - excellent balloon resource by Jim Whitesell.
• Valhalla Aerostation - LTA memorabilia and books.
• Stumpf Balloons - wide variety of balloon accessories.
• Balloon Excelsior - balloon pilot school in Oakland, California.
• Balloon the Rockies - balloon pilot school in Park City, Utah.
• World Balloon - balloon pilot school in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Balloon Manufacturers

• Aeromagic - in Brazil.
• Aerostar - in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA.
• Avian Balloon Corporation - in Spokane, Washington, USA.
• Ballonbau Woerner GmbH - in Augsburg, Germany (gas balloons only).
• Ballons Chaize - in Annonay, France.
• Cameron Balloons Ltd. - in Bristol, UK.
• Cameron Balloons US - in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
• FireFly Balloons/The Balloon Works - in Statesville, North Carolina, USA.
• Head Balloons - in Helen, Georgia, USA.
• Kavanagh Balloons - in Sydney, Australia.
• Kubicek s.r.o - in the Czech Republic.
• Lindstrand Balloons Ltd. in Oswestry, Shropshire, UK.
• Lindstrand Balloons USA - in Galena, Illinois, USA.
• Rubic Balões - in Brazil.
• Schroeder Fireballoons - in Schweich/Trier, Germany.
• Sky Balloons Ltd. - in Wrexham, UK (Cameron subsidiary).
• Sosballon - in Hungary.
• Thunder & Colt - in Bristol, UK (Cameron subsidiary).
• Ultramagic - in Igualda, Spain.

This list is not intended to be exhaustive but you should be able to find almost any balloon page through the links listed here. If you think that there are pages that would fill a blatant gap here, please don't hesitate to make suggestions.