{"id":12776,"date":"2026-04-16T12:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerophile.com\/?p=12776"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:38:00","slug":"tv-report-aerophile-a-french-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aerophile.com\/en\/tv-report-aerophile-a-french-success-story\/","title":{"rendered":"[TV Report] Aerophils balloons: A French Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to TF1 (the first French TV channel) for this report on Aerophile, which aired on the 1:00 p.m. newscast on April 14, 2026.<br \/>\nThe Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Generali iBalloon of Paris, the Aerobar at Futuroscope, the factory in Montceau-les-Mines, and many other images trace Aerophile\u2019s remarkable journey over the past 30 years and showcase its flagship attractions: the great helium-filled tethered balloons and the Aerobars.<br \/>\nCheck it out here \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffb<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-12776-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerophile.com\/admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-tf1-en-report-aerophile.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerophile.com\/admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-tf1-en-report-aerophile.mp4\">https:\/\/www.aerophile.com\/admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-tf1-en-report-aerophile.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to TF1 (the first French TV channel) for this report on Aerophile, which aired on the 1:00 p.m. newscast on April 14, 2026. 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