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Hot Air Balloon Timeline

By Cheyenne Pick
  • 280 BCE

    The development of the first hot air balloon

    The development of the first hot air balloon
    The Chinese made the first hot air balloon in 280 AD

  • The first flight of a hot air balloon in the UK

    The first flight of a hot air balloon in the UK
    The first balloon flight in the UK- 1784

  • The first hot air balloon used in war

    The first hot air balloon used in war
    Hot Air Balloon was first use at war was in 1794

  • Hot air balloon in WW1

    Hot air balloon in WW1
    In 1917 they use a hot air balloon in World War 1
    They use hot air balloons because they can sought for reconnaissance missions.

  • The development of hot air ballooning grows as a sport

    The development of hot air ballooning grows as a sport
    A hot air balloon is now consider a sport in the 1960s and today its called ballooning Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis D'Arlandes were the first's ones to ever try ballooning.

  • What type of gas to we used today?

    What type of gas to we used today?
    We used propane today but we also used it back in 1960

  • The highest flight that deals with gas

    The highest flight that deals with gas
    In 1961 the hot air balloon has been at the highest flight using gas at 113,775 ft

  • The first person to fly a helium hot air balloon

    The first person to fly a helium hot air balloon
    In 2002 Steve Fossett fly a helium balloon around the world in 67 hours one minute and 10 seconds