Thursday 27 November 2014

The Science And Engineering Of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Balloons

image credit: gigi_nyc

The iconic balloons in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are cute and fat and take real engineering to get up into the air. Just one group of 28 full-time workers, the Macy's Parade Studio in New Jersey, conceives of, makes, and maintains all of the parade's balloons.

This week, the American Chemical Society reported on some of the engineering - and the elbow grease - that goes into lofting the giant inflatables.

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