Talk:Hot air balloon

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	Hot air balloon was one of the Engineering and technology good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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It says 376 liters is 20 gallons, but it's 10 gallons. 3.785 L = 1 gallon. 2603:6082:2800:61:B132:1DAE:4014:B855 (talk) 13:55, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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CHANGE The purpose of Passarola was to serve as air vessel TO The purpose of Passarola was to serve as an air vessel

CHANGE was performed at Casa da India in presence of John V, the queen Maria Anna of Austria TO was performed at the Casa da India in the presence of John V and the queen, Maria Anna of Austria,

CHANGE The notable balloonist Julian Nott, in the 1970s; hypothesized that two millennia ago, the Nazca TO The notable balloonist Julian Nott hypothesized in the 1970s that two millennia ago the Nazca

CHANGE In 1975 to support this theory, he designed TO To support this theory, in 1975 he designed TreesAreTrees (talk) 10:54, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Changes made with some additional copy editing. —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 11:35, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is a spelling error of the word "Buoyant" in the Thermal Airship section. Maverick.fap (talk) 21:48, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 23:47, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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There are several erroneous references to Jean-Pierre Blanchard on this page. Blanchard exclusively flew gas (hydrogen filled) balloons rather than hot air balloons. References to Blanchard on this page should be deleted. Danielnachbar (talk) 10:40, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Jeff in CA (talk) 20:51, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Already done M.Bitton (talk) 13:55, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

From Julian's website, he says he didn't see any evidence for a prehistoric balloon flight, but he was excited to discover that it was possible to fly in a balloon made with only the materials the Nazca had available at the time. 2A0A:EF40:D0F:3A01:11D3:306E:37F5:F167 (talk) 23:07, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]