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The secret navigation was discovered toward the end of the 18th century. -
The first test flight took place in September
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The very first gas hot air balloon was released in the air with people in it for the first time. -
Blanchard and John Jeffries make the first flight across the English channel in a hydrogen balloon.
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The first aeronautical deaths happen. And their balloon crashes when they attempt to cross the English Channel. -
The balloon was used for military purpose during the siege of Mainz, Germany. -
Jean-Pierre Blanchard took his first flight in a hydrogen hot air balloon.
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Blanchard used a hand powered propeller to make it his first record of a propulsion being on a flying machine.