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The invention of the hot air balloon
The hot air balloon was invented by the Montgolfier brothers
The hot air balloon was invented in Ardeche, France https://www.virginballoonflights.co.uk/blog/history-hot-air-balloons -
First manned hot air balloon flight
Pilâtre de Rozier was the first manned person on an air balloon. https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/key-dates/first-hot-air-balloon-flight#:~:text=The%20ladder%20up%20to%20the,ever%20to%20be%20borne%20aloft. -
First balloon flight in the UK
James Tytler was the first person to fly in a hot balloon in the UK. https://www.virginballoonflights.co.uk/blog/history-hot-air-balloons#:~:text=1784%20%2D%20FIRST%20BALLOON%20FLIGHT%20IN,first%20balloon%20flight%20in%20England. -
First English channel balloon crossing
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and his American co-pilot John Jeffries were the first people to cross the English channel with a hot air balloon. https://www.historyhit.com/1785-english-channel-balloon-crossing/#:~:text=On%207%20January%201785%2C%20Frenchman,history%20of%20hot%20air%20ballooning. -
First balloon flight in American
Jean-Pierre Blanchard was the person who rode it. The flight took off from a prison yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. https://www.nationalballoonmuseum.com/about/history-of-ballooning/#:~:text=The%20first%20manned%20flight%20of,prison%20yard%20in%20Philadelphia%2C%20Pennsylvania. -
First long distance balloon flight
The first long distance flight was about 18 hours long. -
First long distance balloon flight
The first long distance balloon flight was about 18 hours long. -
The hot air balloon was used at war
It was used in the Boer war in south Africa. it was used to watch for Boers. -
Hot ballooning grows as a sport
In this game the players control their altitude by by heating the balloon or releasing air with the air flap