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  2. List of ballooning accidents - Wikipedia

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    Balloon involved was a Rozière hybrid hydrogen-hot-air balloon and not a Montgolfiere hot-air balloon. [1] No survivors. Considered one of the first fatal aviation accidents, possibly the first in recorded history. [2] 2 0 6 July 1819: Sophie Blanchard: Paris Sophie Blanchard tried to start a firework in 300 m height above Paris. The balloon ...

  3. Montgolfier brothers - Wikipedia

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    Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier were born into a family of paper manufacturers. Their parents were Pierre Montgolfier (1700–1793) and Anne Duret (1701–1760), who had 16 children. [1] Pierre Montgolfier established his eldest son, Raymond (1730–1772), as his successor. [citation needed] Joseph-Michel was the 12th child.

  4. Charlière - Wikipedia

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    Charlière is the name used by French writers to refer to gas balloons [1].The Academy of Science commissioned Jacques Alexandre César Charles to build balloons in the summer of 1783 because the court of King Louis XVI did not want to wait that long before the Montgolfier brothers finally came from Annonay with their invention called Montgolfière.

  5. Titan Saturn System Mission - Wikipedia

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    The Titan Saturn System Mission (TSSM) was officially created in January 2009 by the merging of the ESA's Titan and Enceladus Mission (TandEM) with NASA's Titan Explorer (2007) study, [4] although plans to combine both concepts date at least back to early 2008.

  6. Urania's Mirror - Wikipedia

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    The depictions of the constellations in Urania's Mirror are redrawings from those in Alexander Jamieson's A Celestial Atlas, published about three years earlier, and include unique attributes differing from Jamieson's sky atlas, including the new constellation of Noctua the owl, and Norma Nilotica – a measuring device for the Nile floods – held by Aquarius the water bearer.

  7. Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival - Wikipedia

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    250pxl. The Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival (French: Festival de Montgolfières de Gatineau) is an annual festival held in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, and organized by a not-for-profit organization, during which hot air balloons of every shape and colour are flown and where 300 shows and performances adding up to over 60 hours’ worth of programming are taking place.

  8. Abbey of Fontenay - Wikipedia

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    In 1745, the refectory was destroyed. With the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789 all of the monks successively left the abbey due to dechristianisation during the revolution and in 1791, the site was turned into a paper mill, run by the Montgolfier brothers.

  9. Timeline of transportation technology - Wikipedia

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    1783 – Joseph Montgolfier and Étienne Montgolfier launch the first hot air balloons triggering Balloonomania. 1783 – Jacques Charles and Les Frères Robert (Anne-Jean Robert and Nicolas-Louis Robert) launch the first Hydrogen balloon. 1784 – William Murdoch built a working model of a steam locomotive carriage in Redruth, England. [15]