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Aerophile SAS is a French company specialized in building and operating tethered helium balloons. Formed in 1993 the tethered gas balloons operate as tourist attractions around the world. The company has sold more than 60 balloons in 30 countries. == History == Aerophile was founded in 1993 by two 25-year-old French engineers from the École Polytechnique, Mathieu Gobbi and Jerome Giacomoni. In 1994, they installed their first large tethered balloon in Chantilly, France) and in 1998, Aerophile celebrated its first flight to an altitude of . In 1999, the company launched the large Paris Balloon and improved it in 2008 by adding a lighting system. In 2000, the company created a mobile tethered balloon approved to carry two people to a height of : 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 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. The company currently runs six Aero30NG : Paris Balloon, one at Disneyland Paris, one in Walt Disney World Resort, one in Orange County Great Park, one in Wonderworks Pigeon Forge and the last one in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and one Aerobar, the latest creation, at Futuroscope. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aerophile」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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