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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyear_blimp/ The Goodyear Blimp] Seen at all major US sporting events such as the Superbowl this blimp provides aerial footage to TV stations during these events. | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyear_blimp/ The Goodyear Blimp] Seen at all major US sporting events such as the Superbowl this blimp provides aerial footage to TV stations during these events. | ||
=====The Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade===== | =====The Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade===== | ||
Large animal-shaped balloons, produced by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio, replaced the live animals in 1927 when the Felix the Cat balloon made its debut. Felix was filled with air, but by the next year, helium was used to fill the expanding cast of balloons. | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy%27s_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade#Balloons/ Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade] | ||
*Macy's is the world's second largest consumer of helium. The United States government is the first. | |||
*The balloons for the parade are inflated the day before (Wednesday) on both sides of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The balloons are split between 77th and 81st Streets between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. The inflation team consists of various volunteers from Macy's as well as students from JR's Institute of Technology, a local university in Hoboken, NJ where the balloons and floats are designed and built. Dubbed "Thanksgiving Eve Inflation Celebration", the inflation is open to the public the afternoon and night before the parade. | |||
*The first Large animal-shaped balloons, produced by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio, replaced the live animals in 1927 when the Felix the Cat balloon made its debut. Felix was filled with air, but by the next year, helium was used to fill the expanding cast of balloons. | |||
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