hot air balloon

By mason999

  • first flight

    first flight
    the first trip in a hot air balloon was in 1783

  • balloon

    balloon
    November 21st 1787, with a balloon made by 2 French brothers, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier

  • north

    north
    January 7th, 1793. Jean Pierre Blanchard became the first to fly a hot air balloon in North America. George Washington was present to see the balloon launch.

  • lab explosion

    lab explosion
    Unfortunately, Pilatre de Rozier (the world's first balloonist) was killed in his attempt at crossing the channel. His balloon exploded half an hour after takeoff due to the experimental design of using a hydrogen balloon and hot air balloon tied together.

  • hindenburg

    hindenburg
    1937 36 people died from the balloon crashing

  • modern flying explosian

    modern flying explosian
    Yost took the first modern hot air balloon flight on October 22, 1960 in Bruning, Nebraska flying for one hour and 35 minutes.

  • hop skoch

    in 1785 a French balloonist, Jean Pierre Blanchard, and his American copilot, John Jefferies, became the first to fly across the English Channel.

  • perk 30

    The great team of Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand paired up again in 1991 and became the first to cross the Pacific in a hot air balloon. They travelled 6,700 miles in 47 hours, from Japan to Canada breaking the world distance record, traveling at speeds of up to 245 mph.

  • hot air balloon 9/11

    hot air balloon 9/11
    a terrable event happen on september 11th 2001 where a hot air balloon crashed in to the twin towers