Piccard Balloons

Piccard Balloons
Type	Private company
Industry	Aerospace
Founder	Don Piccard
Headquarters	United States
Products	Hot air balloons
Website	www.piccard.info

Piccard Balloons, along with Raven Industries (founded by Ed Yost), SEMCO, and The Balloon Works (now Firefly Balloons), was among the first manufacturers of hot air balloons.^[1] Don Piccard, descended from a long line of aeronauts, built and sold some of the first modern hot air balloons, beginning in the mid-1960s.^[2] Piccard Balloons contributed much to the sport of Hot air ballooning, through innovative design and construction.

References

↑ "The History of Ballooning - Piccard Balloons". Retrieved 2010-06-09.
↑ "National Balloon Museum - History of Ballooning". Archived from the original on 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2010-06-09.

External links

Official website

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[The_History_of_Ballooning_-_Piccard_Balloons-1] "The History of Ballooning - Piccard Balloons". Retrieved 2010-06-09.

[National_Balloon_Museum_-_History_of_Ballooning-2] "National Balloon Museum - History of Ballooning". Archived from the original on 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2010-06-09.