by Kathi Leiden | Jan 8, 2016 | Helium Uses
Do you need to know how to make a latex balloon arch? You’ve come to the right place—it’s easy! Make your latex balloon arch in 20 minutes. No helium! If you do need helium, we have it. Get a free quote from Zephyr. Inside the latex balloon arch kit Before...
by Kathi Leiden | Dec 8, 2015 | Helium, Helium Uses
How do you train a bird to fly up to and dive attack a lure at 1,000 feet? Helium balloons! Here is how helium balloons are used to train falcons. The pride of a falconer—one who trains falcons, of course—is how high your bird can fly. Two or three hundred feet is...
by Kathi Leiden | Nov 23, 2015 | Helium, Helium Uses
Ever wonder what it takes to create the massive helium balloons of the Thanksgiving Day Parade? It’s a full-time, year-round job—check it out. All year for one day For over four decades, the helium balloons of the Thanksgiving Day Parade were made in a Tootsie...
by Kathi Leiden | Nov 20, 2015 | Helium, Helium Uses
So many giant helium balloons float down the city streets in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade®, you’d think things would go wrong sometimes. They do. A lot. Yesterday, we gave you a quick history of the evolution of the Thanksgiving Day Parade helium balloon...
by Kathi Leiden | Nov 19, 2015 | Helium, Helium Uses
We all watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade® to see what big helium balloon character will float down the block next, but how did the tradition even come to be? No plan for a helium balloon character The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade wasn’t always the helium...
by Kathi Leiden | Nov 18, 2015 | Helium, Helium Uses
Fully filled with helium, the world’s largest aircraft has lifted off for the first time at its hangar in Cardington, Bedfordshire. Historically, it’s not even close to the massive sizes of older airships like the Hindenburg or the USS Akron and Macon, but...
