by Kathi Leiden | Dec 29, 2015 | Helium, Helium Science
Check the weather report and you might find that there is a chance of rain this week. Check Saturn’s and you’ll find there is a chance of helium… helium rain. Helium rain theory Planetary scientist David Stevenson originally proposed the theory of...
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...
