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Former good articleHot air balloon was one of the Engineering and technology good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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October 24, 2005Good article nomineeListed
June 29, 2009Good article reassessmentDelisted
On this day...Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on November 21, 2004, November 21, 2005, November 21, 2006, November 21, 2007, and November 21, 2008.
Current status: Delisted good article


Wiki Education assignment: History of Science

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 August 2023 and 8 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): NJSanta, NGrahamMST (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Jachar520, ElizaJane11, Editinglad, Afv513.

— Assignment last updated by ElizaJane11 (talk) 16:07, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As part of this assignment, I am expanding the theory of operations section a bit for the various types of balloons to provide a bit more clarity and I added a picture for the hybrid balloons as well since I felt like it was missing. - NGrahamMST

Gallons wrong under Combined Mass section

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It says 376 liters is 20 gallons, but it's 10 gallons. 3.785 L = 1 gallon. 2603:6082:2800:61:B132:1DAE:4014:B855 (talk) 13:55, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 11 July 2024

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[All are simple English grammar, punctuation or syntax amendments]


CHANGE The purpose of Passarola was to serve as air vessel TO The purpose of Passarola was to serve as an air vessel

CHANGE was performed at Casa da India in presence of John V, the queen Maria Anna of Austria TO was performed at the Casa da India in the presence of John V and the queen, Maria Anna of Austria,

CHANGE The notable balloonist Julian Nott, in the 1970s; hypothesized that two millennia ago, the Nazca TO The notable balloonist Julian Nott hypothesized in the 1970s that two millennia ago the Nazca

CHANGE In 1975 to support this theory, he designed TO To support this theory, in 1975 he designed TreesAreTrees (talk) 10:54, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Changes made with some additional copy editing. —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 11:35, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Misspelling of "Buoyant"

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There is a spelling error of the word "Buoyant" in the Thermal Airship section. Maverick.fap (talk) 21:48, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 23:47, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 11 November 2024

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There are several erroneous references to Jean-Pierre Blanchard on this page. Blanchard exclusively flew gas (hydrogen filled) balloons rather than hot air balloons. References to Blanchard on this page should be deleted. Danielnachbar (talk) 10:40, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Jeff in CA (talk) 20:51, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Already done M.Bitton (talk) 13:55, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Julian Nott didn't hypothesise Nazca balloon, he was testing hypothesis of Jim Woodman

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From Julian's website, he says he didn't see any evidence for a prehistoric balloon flight, but he was excited to discover that it was possible to fly in a balloon made with only the materials the Nazca had available at the time. 2A0A:EF40:D0F:3A01:11D3:306E:37F5:F167 (talk) 23:07, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]