Aerophile SAS is a French company specialized in building and operating tethered helium balloons. Formed in 1993 the tethered gas balloons operate as tourist attractions around the world. The company has sold more than 60 balloons in 30 countries. History Aerophile was founded in 1993 by two 25-year-old French engineers from the École Polytechnique, Mathieu Gobbi and Jerome Giacomoni. In 1994, they installed their first large tethered balloon in Chantilly, France) and in 1998, Aerophile celebrated its first flight to an altitude of . In 1999, the company launched the large Paris Balloon and improved it in 2008 by adding a lighting system. In 2000, the company created a mobile tethered balloon approved to carry two people to a height of : the Aero2. In 2002 they operated the first modern tethered gas ballon on a water-based platform at Neuchâtel. In 2005 the company installed a large PanoraMagique balloon, operated by a subsidiary Aerotourism, at Disneyland Paris, it was the first 8-point Aero30NG balloon. In 2007, they set up and opened the first Aerophare in Evry 2 (France), an attraction with an air-filled captive balloon within a tower. Aerophare is a novel adaptation of a tethered balloon operating in an enclosed tower. An Aerophile ballon holds the record for carrying 30 passengers in a gas balloon. The company currently runs six Aero30NG : Paris Balloon, one at Disneyland Paris, one in Walt Disney World Resort, one in the Orange County Great Park, one in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and one Aerobar, the latest creation, at Futuroscope. Subsidiaries The Aerogroupe company has several subsidiaries : Aerophile SA, the principal subsidiary (Balloon's manufacture and sale). Aeroparis to operate the Paris Balloon Aeromobile to operate the balloon at Irvine Aerotourism to operate the balloon at Disneyland Paris Aerophile Orlando to operate the balloon at Walt Disney World Resort Balloons The Aero30NG This tethered balloon 22,5 meters in diameter can receive up to 30 people at a time in its nacelle and can rise up to . Its winch system ensures a climb speed of 0.8 m / s and its patented platform optimizes landings. This balloon has been installed over the 5 continents : France :Château de Cheverny, Château de Chantilly, Bordeaux, Beaune, Parc de Samara, Paris Balloon and Disneyland Paris, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Tunisia, Turkey, Irak, Lebanon, Dubai, Japan, South Korea,