Minnie Mouse, Spider-man go large: How Macy's parade balloons are made and controlled
Balloons range in size and shape, depending on the character and the pose created. The Minnie Mouse balloon debuting this year is 60 feet in height — roughly as tall as a five-story building — and 34 feet wide, about the width of five taxi cabs.
Here’s how the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is brought to life
Thanksgiving comes only once a year. But for the artists and engineers who create the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thanksgiving is a year-round occupation and obsession. The parade takes a small army of sculptors, painters, seamstresses, carpenters and welders to put together the giant balloons, floats and elaborate costumes.
They're up, up and — almost — away. The massive helium balloons that will float through New York City for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade took shape on Wednesday, when they were filled ...
Balloon launches from around the world are part of a new kind of global alarm system: One that can detect if another country ...
A water main break on the Upper West Side disrupted subway service on the busy B and C lines Wednesday afternoon. A and D ...
Six new balloons will be joining the lineup for the 2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. Handlers test flew the balloons, including the first Minnie Mouse and a new ...
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Near Space Labs launches fleet of AI-powered balloon robots to track Earth climate risks"Many insurance companies are still relying on aerial data collection methods from the 1950s to assess 2024's climate risks." ...
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