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Hot Air Ballons

By JMartin14

  • First Balloon

    First Balloon
    Pilatre de Rozier of the Royal Academy and his friend the Marquis d'Arlandes, on November 21, 1783 flew the first hot air balloon

  • Manned flight in England

    Manned flight in England
    The first manned balloon flight in England was by Signor Vincent Lunardi who ascended from Moorfields (London) on 15 September 1784.[28]

  • First flight across the English Channel

    First flight across the English Channel
    The next great challenge was to fly across the English Channel, a feat accomplished on January 7, 1785 by Jean-Pierre Blanchard.

  • Military use

    Military use
    The first use of the hot air balloon in the military

  • WW2 useage

    WW2 useage
    During World War II, a large number of barrage balloons were inflated over the city of London in an effort to obstruct Luftwaffe air attacks during the Battle of Britain.

  • Hopper Air Balloons

    Hopper Air Balloons
    Modern hot air balloons, with a more sophisticated onboard heat source than the Montgoflier brothers' basket of hot coals, were pioneered by Ed Yost beginning in the 1950s which resulted in his first successful flight on October 22, 1960

  • Accidents have happened

    Accidents have happened
    On 26 February 2013 the deadliest ballooning accident in history occurred when a hot air balloon exploded and crashed near Luxor, Egypt. The crash killed 19 of the 21 people on board.