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first definitive experiments
Joseph made his first definitive experiments in November 1782 -
Lifting Force
The lifting force was so great that they lost control of their craft on its very first test flight on 14 December 1782. -
Founded
Created on December 14, 1782 by the Montgolfier brothers. -
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Founded-Death
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1st public demonstation
On 4 June 1783, they flew this craft as their first public demonstration -
Sheep, duck and chicken
the summer of 1783, when the Montgolfier brothers sent a sheep, a duck and a chicken on an eight-minute flight over France -
Hydrogen balloon
On 27 August 1783, their hydrogen balloon was launched from the Champ de Mars in Paris -
1st living being in a basket
On 19 September 1783, the Aérostat Réveillon was flown with the first living beings in a basket attached to the balloon: a sheep called Montauciel. a duck and a rooster -
1st human to off earth
It is fitting that Étienne Montgolfier was the first human to lift off the earth, making at least one tethered flight from the yard of the Réveillon workshop in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine. It was most likely on October 15, 1783. -
FIrst Flight
On November 21, 1783, in Annonay, France, the first manned flight was performed by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes -
1st free flight
On 21 November 1783, the first free flight by humans was made by Pilâtre -
Manuscript
Manuscript of Montgolfier describing his invention, 1784 -
Historic Balloon
A 1786 depiction of the Montgolfier brothers' historic balloon with engineering data -
Pierre Montgolfier's death
1700–1793 -
Millitary use
The first military use of a hot air balloon happened during the battle of Fleurus in Europe (1794) -
Model
A model of the Montgolfier brothers' balloon at the London Science Museum. -
Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier's Death
6 January 1745 – 2 August 1799 -
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier's Death
26 August 1740 – 26 June 1810 -
Technical illustration
Technical illustration from 1818 showing balloon designs. -
modern hot air balloon
The first modern hot air balloon to be made in the United Kingdom (UK) was the Bristol Belle during 1967 -
Accident
On 13 August 1989, two hot air balloons collided at Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, killing all 13 people on board.
