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Wind Event Week 2022

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30 Minutes

author
Ab Maas

The role of the wind in ballooning

Published: 11 March 2022

Although balloons were by far the first manned aircrafts in the sky their economic and military importance stayed marginal.

The main reason for that is the difficulty of steering a balloon. Balloons go with the wind flow and the only way to steer a balloon is to find different wind directions at different heights. Therefore, wind and wind forecasts are of utmost importance for sport- and commercial ballooning.

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