Piccard Balloons

Piccard Balloons
Private company
Industry Aerospace
Founder Don Piccard
Headquarters United States
Products Hot air balloons
Website www.piccard.info

Piccard Balloons, along with Raven Industries (founded by Ed Yost), SEMCO, and The Balloon Works (now Firefly Balloons), was among the first manufacturers of hot air balloons.[1] Don Piccard, descended from a long line of aeronauts, built and sold some of the first modern hot air balloons, beginning in the mid-1960s.[2] Piccard Balloons contributed much to the sport of Hot air ballooning, through innovative design and construction.

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