AEROPHILE S.A.
Founded in 1993 by two 25-year-old engineers, Matthieu Gobbi and Jerome Giacomoni, AEROPHILE S.A. reinvented the tethered gas balloon following an 80-year absence and become the world leader in tethered gas balloons through the development of three flagship products:
The AERO30NG since 1994, a big tethered balloon which can lift 30 passengers up to 500 feet every 10 minutes with 50 balloons sold in more than 20 countries in cities including Paris, Berlin, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubaï; the AERO2 since 2000, a mobile balloon for 2 passengers and the AEROPHARE since 2007, the first balloon which can fly up to 130 feet with 12 passengers up to 50 mph of wind. All products can be used as a totem, a billboard, and an amusement ride.
The tethered balloon is a highly specialist aerostat requiring strict manufacturing processes and rigorous operating practices. Not only the manufacturer, AEROPHILE S.A. is also a successful operator of their balloons in Paris, since 1999, the PanoraMagique in Disney Village since 2005, the Great Park Balloon in Irvine (California) since 2007 and in Evry2 & Parinor (France) the two first AEROPHARES in 2007 & 2008.
AEROPHILE S.A.'s personnel comprises some thirty staff, including some fifteen pilots and technicians qualified to undertake installation, training and commissioning of all systems.
The AERO30NG since 1994, a big tethered balloon which can lift 30 passengers up to 500 feet every 10 minutes with 50 balloons sold in more than 20 countries in cities including Paris, Berlin, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubaï; the AERO2 since 2000, a mobile balloon for 2 passengers and the AEROPHARE since 2007, the first balloon which can fly up to 130 feet with 12 passengers up to 50 mph of wind. All products can be used as a totem, a billboard, and an amusement ride.
The tethered balloon is a highly specialist aerostat requiring strict manufacturing processes and rigorous operating practices. Not only the manufacturer, AEROPHILE S.A. is also a successful operator of their balloons in Paris, since 1999, the PanoraMagique in Disney Village since 2005, the Great Park Balloon in Irvine (California) since 2007 and in Evry2 & Parinor (France) the two first AEROPHARES in 2007 & 2008.
AEROPHILE S.A.'s personnel comprises some thirty staff, including some fifteen pilots and technicians qualified to undertake installation, training and commissioning of all systems.
Aerophile's Team
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Key dates
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2008
Launch of the Air de Paris balloon, the first aerostatic indicator of the air quality in Paris. Opening of the second AEROPHARE in Parinor biggest shopping center of the North of Paris. -
2007
Launch of the large Great Park balloon in California, operated by a subsidiary, AEROMOBILE
Installation and opening of the first AEROPHARE in Evry2 operated by AEROGROUPE, a compagny of the group -
2006
First internally illuminated balloon in Singapore -
2005
Launch of the large PanoraMagique balloon, operated by a subsidiary, AEROTOURISM, at Disneyland Resort Paris, First 8-point Aero30NG -
2004
Jérôme GIACOMONI and Matthieu GOBBI started to developp the new project of AEROPHARE -
2002
First tethered balloon on a water-based platform in Neuchâtel, Switzerland -
2000
Creation of the Aero2 mobile tethered balloon -
1999
Launch of the large Paris balloon operated by AEROPARIS a subsidiary of AEROPHILE S.A. -
1998
First flight at 300 metres altitude and first remote winch in Beaune (France) -
1994
First large tethered balloon of modern times in Chantilly (France,) -
1993
Creation of AEROPHILE S.A. by Jérôme GIACOMONI and Matthieu GOBBI, both aged 25 -
1992
The idea of the large tethered balloon was born in Jérôme GIACOMONI and Matthieu GOBBI's minds
