Pilots help young students understand hot air balloons

The workshop was attended by around 1500 students belonging to various schools and colleges in the city. The students also participated in a live discussion with the expert pilots and put forward their queries on the technology to fly hot air balloons.

Amid a fun-filled atmosphere, the pilots helped students understand basics of hot air balloons and listed the external conditions required to keep the balloons afloat. They explained the principle of how warm air expands when heated and how heat is transferred through convection. They also passed down knowledge on how to design and construct a hot air balloon and helped them understand the terms density, buoyancy, temperature, volume, pressure, Celsius and Kelvin.