Aerophile
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tethered helium balloons | |
Founded | 1993 |
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Founders | Jérôme Giacomoni Matthieu Gobbi |
Headquarters | Tethered helium balloons |
Website | http://www.aerophile.com/ |
Aerophile SAS is a French company specialized in building and operating
History
Aerophile was founded in 1993 by two 25-year-old French engineers from the
In 2000, the company created a mobile tethered balloon approved to carry two people to a height of 90 metres (300 ft): the Aero2.
In 2002 they operated the first modern tethered gas ballon on a water-based platform at Neuchâtel.
In 2005 the company installed a large PanoraMagique balloon, operated by a subsidiary Aerotourism, at Disneyland Paris, it was the first 8-point Aero30NG balloon.
In 2007, they set up and opened the first Aerophare in Evry 2 (France), an attraction with an air-filled captive balloon within a 54 metres (177 ft) tower. Aerophare is a novel adaptation of a tethered balloon operating in an enclosed tower.
An Aerophile ballon holds the record for carrying 30 passengers in a gas balloon.[citation needed]
The company currently runs six Aero30NG :
Subsidiaries
The Aerogroupe company has several subsidiaries :
- Aerophile SA, the principal subsidiary (Balloon's manufacture and sale).
- Aeroparis to operate the Paris Balloon
- Aeromobile to operate the balloon at Irvine
- Aerotourism to operate the balloon at Disneyland Paris
- Aerophile Orlando to operate the balloon at Walt Disney World Resort
Balloons
The Aero30NG is a tethered balloon 22,5 meters in diameter can receive up to 30 people at a time in its nacelle and can rise up to 300 metres (980 ft). Its winch system ensures a climb speed of 0.8 m / s and its patented platform optimizes landings. This balloon has been installed over the 5 continents : France :
The Aero2 is a charged
The Aerophare is a balloon operating within a 54 metres (177 ft) tower structure. The structure allows it to operate worse weather than a conventional tethered balloon.
The Aerobar is an aerial bar. This new concept allows 15 persons to rise up to 120 feet in the sky while enjoying their favorite drink. Visitors are experiencing a triple emotion: the chills of seeing the ground away from their feet, great view while discovering the scenery and the canopy of heaven meeting the earth on 360° and the conviviality with the other passengers that share a drink aboard this aerial bar. The first Aerobar is installed in
The Little Prince Park is located in Ungersheim in the Alsace region. The park gets its name from the French novel The Little Prince. There are 31 attractions based loosely on the theme of flight.[2]
References
- ^ Rivenburg, Roy; Barboza, Tony (July 13, 2007). "O.C.'s Great Park Prepares For Takeoff". Los Angeles Times. p. B6.
- ^ "Little Prince Park, Like Book, Delights In Small". Rapid City Journal. Associated Press. July 20, 2014. p. C3.