(December 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) The economic problem â sometimes called the basic or central economic problem â asserts that an economy's finite resources are insufficient to satisfy all human wants and needs. It assumes that human wants are unlimited, but the means to satisfy human wants are scarce. Three questions arise from this:
August 8, 1993: Six people were killed when their balloon hit a power line near Aspen, Colorado, tearing off the basket and sending it plunging 100 feet to the ground. December 11, 1990: Four people died near downtown Columbus, Ohio, after their hot-air balloon hit a television tower and deflated.
The War in the Air-Bombers: Germany, Zeppelins. Balloons had been used in wars prior to the First World War, notably by the Americans in the civil war and the French during the siege of Paris in 1870.he Germans also bombed Paris. The first raid was on 21st of March, when two Zeppelins caused 23 deaths and injured 30. Although the Zeppelins continued to raid Paris, London was actually a preferred and easier target.