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- The hot air balloon is the oldest form of flying technology that can successfully carry people.
- The earliest use of hot air to make objects fly was made in Ancient China.
- Paper lanterns were sent into the air for signaling.
- The first hot air balloon to carry a person was made by the Montgolfier brothers.
- A hot-air balloon is a large balloon with a basket underneath in which people can travel.
- The balloon is filled with hot air in order to make it float in the air.
- The balloon floats upwards, as if it were in water.
- They are able to fly to extremely high altitudes.
- Heating of the air inside the balloon makes air lighter than the cooler air on the outside.
- So hot air being less dense makes balloon rise up in the sky.