Can you store enough fuel,and are there wind currents one can utilize ?
If yes, What time of year would this be?
and from where to where ?
leaving from the Americas ,as central as possible
2007-07-04 05:07:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
According to this site, it was first achieved in 1978. But not only that, flights have since gone all around the world.
2007-07-04 05:12:51 · answer #1 · answered by ClevelandRocker 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yup. Once a balloon gets filled with hot air, it takes just a little to keep it going, once you get the altitude you want.
Get into the right wind is a matter of finding the prevailing easterlies (metereologists would help there). I would think leaving from Nova Scotia would be the shortest route to Ireland or even Europe if you need to achieve a total crossing.
I think anytime would be good, but winter would lead into problems staying warm. More weight that way.
You could eat power bars and bring freeze dried foods if you want to cook.
If you want central, then make it Cape Cod.
2007-07-04 05:51:19 · answer #2 · answered by henry d 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can, but you can only go one direction: Eastbound! That's due to the winds. The jet stream is much stronger in the winter so that would probably be a better time to go. Winds can reach speeds of 150 MPH. You can get the winds aloft from the national weather service. Since you are riding the winds, you can't really control which route you take.
2007-07-04 10:30:14 · answer #3 · answered by DanKoko 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The earth has been circumnavigated by a hot air balloon in 1999. This was done non-stop and without refuelling.
2007-07-04 05:16:04 · answer #4 · answered by mechnginear 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES, good old richard branson has travelled the globe in a hot air balloon
2007-07-04 05:16:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think hot air balloons can make an Atlantic crossig
2007-07-06 02:22:57 · answer #6 · answered by wanghuan2122002 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt whether you can store enough fuel to last that long. Unless you are thinking of a small nuclear reactor!
I posted the above answer and am glad that I am totally wrong. I read the articles given in the sites for which links have been given.
I did not want to edit the first part of the answer to hide my ignorance! Honesty is a worthy virtue.
2007-07-04 05:15:31 · answer #7 · answered by Swamy 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The wind currents would actually prohibit you from going east to west but you are welcome to go from USA to Europe, I'd go in the summer.
If you are south of the equator then the wind directions change and to go to the east you will need to go north of the equator to find wind blowing east.
2007-07-04 13:25:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you the son of that guy who lives under a rock?
2007-07-09 09:13:32 · answer #9 · answered by XRAYDELTA1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People have circumnavigated the globe in a balloon and you are talking about the Atlantic ?????????
2007-07-04 05:13:42 · answer #10 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋