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the way a hot air balloon works is still pretty much the same but the materials they are made with has improved greatly - most likely in the past the balloon itself was made with heavy cotton or linen fabric and made airtight with wax or oil (such as linseed oil) - a very heavy combination not to mention highly flammable - today some very light and strong synthetics mean the balloon can be smaller and use less fuel to stay aloft - same should be true of the basket - don't know what was originally used to heat the air but todays small lightweight propane burners are probably leaps ahead of anything available in the past
that well known engraving of the french king being carried aloft in a massive very ornate hot air ballon shows one way the air was heated in the old days - the basket was dougnut shaped and sat over a fire on the "launch pad" which sent heat up through the middle of the basket - the balloon was tethered until air was heated enough then the lines released leaving the balloon at the mercy of the winds - just as today when you wanted to descend you pull on a line that opens a flap to release the hot air - i cant tell just by looking at the old engravings but it appears the old balloons may have been built rigid like a blimp further adding to their weight
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