Air Balloons

Sciecnetist take interst in flying people

Jan 1, 1670

People are trying to make a flying machine.

It must be steered.

Jan 1, 1783

Benjamen Franklin urges men to find a way to steer the air ballon.

First Air Balloon Experiment

Nov 21, 1783

Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes experimented with their own first ever air balloon.

Hyrogen Balloon Piloted

Jan 1, 1784

Vincent Lunardi took off from London watched by a crowd of 100,000 people.

Two Types of Balloons

Apr 1, 1784

There are now two types of air balloons out: Hydogen gas balloons and hot air balloons.

First Parachute from a Air Balloon

Jan 1, 1797

First parachute jump was made by A.J Garnerin, a French Balloonist & adventurer who dropped 3,000 feet from a gas balloon.

Modern Air Ballooning.

Jan 1, 1960

Modern hot air ballooning was born in 1960, when Ed Yost launched a balloon with a new nylon envelope and propane burner system of his own invention.