Aerophile SA is a French company specializing in tethered helium balloons, which offer a safe aerial experience from a fixed location.
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Aerophile was founded in 1993 by two 25-year-old engineers from 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 300 metres (980 ft). In 1999, the company launched the large Paris Balloon and improved it in 2008 by providing the level of air quality to the citizens of Paris, thanks to a lighting system. In 2000, the company created a mobile tethered balloon approved to carry two people to a height of 90 metres (300 ft). In 2007, they set up and opened the first Aerophare in Evry 2 (France), an attraction with an air-filled captive balloon within a 54 metres (177 ft) tower. Aerophare is a truly novel adaptation of a hot air balloon appearing device in an enclosed tower. The company is competitive abroad with more than 50 balloons sold in 25 countries. The company currently runs four Aero30NG (Paris Balloon, one at Disneyland Paris, another one in Walt Disney World Resort, the last one in Irvine) and two Aerophares in the outskirts of Paris.