History of the Hot Air Balloon

By AsH1010

  • The First manned gas balloon

    The First manned gas balloon
    Jacques Alexander Charles and Nicholas Louis Robert started in Paris and lasted 2 1/2 hours
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    timespan of Hot Air Balloons

  • First balloon flight in the UK

    First balloon flight in the UK
    Scottish aviator James Tytler becomes the first Briton to fly a hot air balloon making a flight over Edinburgh.

  • First Balloon flight in North America

    First Balloon flight in North America
    Jean-Pierre Blanchard flies from Philadelphia to Gloucester County, New Jersey.

  • American civil war

    American civil war
    During the American civil war for observation of troop movements in France.

  • First Solo transatlantic Balloon flight

    First Solo transatlantic Balloon flight
    Joe Kittinger flies from caribou, Maine to Savona, and Italy.

  • First Hot Air Balloon to cross the Atlantic

    First Hot Air Balloon to cross the Atlantic
    Per lindstrand and Richard Branson become first to traverse the pacific by hot air balloon.

  • First Solo around the World Flight

    First Solo around the World Flight
    Steve Fossett launches from Seoul. Korea and flies 4 long days to Mendham, Saskatchawan, and Canada.

  • longest duration flight in an AX-02 balloon

    longest duration flight in an AX-02 balloon
    Pilot Mark Shemilt does it again in February 2010 breaking the distance from Leicestershire to the Suffolk coast.