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Contents 1 No order to this article 2 continued use of hydrogen for ballooning 3 Duplicate history 4 Unclear reference

[edit] No order to this article

This page is all over the place - there are lots of facts in there, but no order to it. I've taken out about three links to the same page (hot air balloon. There were two 'see also' sections, in different parts of the article, linking to the same pages. There was a section on the montgolfier brothers which belongs either in hot air balloons (which is where I moved it) or under montgolfier. Shall come back and have a more in-depth shifting-things-about session, when I have more time. May have to do similar to hot air balloon and montgolfier brothers too, if they're in the same kind of state (potential, but a bit messy).   sheridan 22:25, 2005 Jan 11 (UTC)

[edit] continued use of hydrogen for ballooning

QuantumEleven -- Surprising as it may seem, hydrogen is still sometimes used by gas balloonists -- and not just in Europe. Several of the balloons flying in this year's Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, held in the US last year, used hydrogen. For a reference, see http://www.aibf.org/Gas/Races/about_gordonbennett.php Regards, Blimpguy 22:41, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi there Blimpguy - you are right! <open mouth> <insert fist> I eat my previous words - thanks for checking up for me! — QuantumEleven 15:49, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

There are a lot of pilots who prefer to fly with hydrogen. A firend of mine would pick hydrogen of helium everytime given the choice.

[edit] Duplicate history

The sections History and Balloons as flying machines have a lot of duplication, almost like a couple of articles were stuck together. --Wfaxon 07:54, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unclear reference

This sentence "Lowe was called to act as a Forward Artillery Observer (FAO) from which aerial station he was able to direct artillery fire by a set order of flag signals, from an unseen position, onto a Confederate encampment."

contains and unclear reference. It is not clear whether "from an unseen position" refers to Lowe or the artillery fire. I'm assuming it's about the artillery fire, but I don't know enough about the history to be sure. Can someone who does correct it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.10.22.103 (talk) 05:40, 9 November 2007 (UTC)