Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft – lighter-than-air – Balloons
Patent
1975-05-01
1976-01-20
Blix, Trygve M.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft, lighter-than-air
Balloons
244118P, 272 18, B64B 150
Patent
active
039333264
ABSTRACT:
An integrated all-weather observation/interpretation system in which a lighter-than-air vehicle ascends to a stationary position above the surface with a suspended gondola which carries passengers so that they can observe the surrounding area and experience a directly related interpretation program. The gondola includes a suitable observation window as well as a slide or motion-picture projection device, with audio and olfactory accompaniment, to provide a juxtaposed interpretation. The vehicle is raised, lowered and rotated through strategically placed electrically powered rotors and/or ground-based electric winches and elevation lines and/or a pantograph operating from a turntable inside the vehicle's ground nest. Screens on the ground are also provided for slide or motion-picture projection to simulate the view under weather conditions when the vehicle cannot be elevated.
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Barefoot Galen L.
Blix Trygve M.
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