Height of a typical Hot Air Balloon

Height of a typical Hot Air Balloon (24 m)

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If Height of a typical Hot Air Balloon (24 m) was a standard unit ...

  • Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie (120 km)...more would be 5000 x Height of a typical Hot Air Balloon
  • Length of the Epsom Derby horse race (2.4 km)...more would be 100 x Height of a typical Hot Air Balloon
  • World record longest flight of an arrow from a bow (2010) (484 m)...more would be 20 x Height of a typical Hot Air Balloon
  • Longest golf drive (471 m)...more would be 20 x Height of a typical Hot Air Balloon
  • Length of Tower Bridge over the Thames (244 m)...more would be 10 x Height of a typical Hot Air Balloon
  • Length of an ice-hockey rink (61 m)...more would be 2.5 x Height of a typical Hot Air Balloon
  • Length of a tennis court (23.77 m)...more would be about as big as Height of a typical Hot Air Balloon
  • Length overall of a `49er` racing dinghy (4.88 m)...more would be 1/5 of Height of a typical Hot Air Balloon
  • Length of a lightsaber in the Star Wars movies (1.19 m)...more would be 1/20 of Height of a typical Hot Air Balloon

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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