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2. United States airmail service - Wikipedia

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   Wise ascends on the first United States balloon airmail from Lafayette, Indiana in 1859.. During the first aerial flight in North America by balloon on January 9, 1793, from Philadelphia to Deptford Township, New Jersey, Jean-Pierre Blanchard carried a personal letter from George Washington to be delivered to the owner of whatever property Blanchard happened to land on, making the flight the ...

3. Balloon mail - Wikipedia

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   Balloon mail is often sent as part of a balloon competition. The balloon mail posts of Paris in 1870 The Louis Blanc, piloted by Eugène Farcot on 12 October 1870, was the 10th balloon mail of the 66 sent during the siege. Historically, balloons were used to transport mail from Paris during the Siege of Paris of 1870–1871. About 66 unguided ...

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5. John Wise (balloonist) - Wikipedia

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   Wise starts the first airmail delivery in the United States on August 17, 1859 from Lafayette, Indiana.. In 1838 he developed a balloon that if ruptured or deflated when aloft would collapse to form a parachute (the bottom half would fold upwards into the top half to form the classic parachute shape) which would allow the occupants of the basket to descend without injury or loss of life.

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7. Gas balloon crashes and goes up in flames near Crandall ... - AOL

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   The two pilots of the balloon were taken to Parkland Hospital in Dallas and were in stable condition. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...

8. Hot air balloon crashes into power lines in Minnesota ... - AOL

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   While the balloon was trying to land in a field, a gust of wind pushed it into a nearby power line, causing the basket to disconnect from the balloon and fall 20 to 30 feet to the ground, police said.

9. California Balloon Law - Wikipedia

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   Do not use metallic ribbon with helium-filled balloons; Although the law was put into effect in 1990, the issue of foil balloons being a hazard resurfaced in 2008. A senate bill was proposed to ban the sale of all foil balloons by the year 2010 due to the increased number of power outages. [citation needed] The bill was California Senate Bill 1499.