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  2. History of ballooning - Wikipedia

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    The first manned balloon flight in Britain was by James Tytler on 27 August 1784. Tytler flew his balloon from Abbeyhill to Restalrig, then suburbs of Edinburgh. He flew for ten minutes at a height of 350 feet. [32] The first manned balloon flight in England was by Signor Vincent Lunardi who ascended from Moorfields (London) on 15 September ...

  3. Jean-Pierre Blanchard - Wikipedia

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    Blanchard made his first successful balloon flight in Paris on 2 March 1784, in a hydrogen gas balloon launched from the Champ de Mars.The first successful manned balloon flight had taken place on 21 November 1783, when Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes took off at the Palace of Versailles in a free-flying hot air balloon constructed by the Montgolfier brothers.

  4. List of firsts in aviation - Wikipedia

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    First manned gas balloon flight: Professor Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert flew from Paris to Nesles-la-Vallée in a hydrogen-filled balloon on December 1, 1783. [14] First women to fly: The Marchioness and Countess of Montalembert, the Countess of Podenas and Miss de Lagarde ascended in a tethered balloon over Paris, on May 20, 1784. [15]

  5. Balloon (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Pierre Blanchard went on to make the first manned flight of a balloon in America on 9 January 1793, after touring Europe to set the record for the first balloon flight in countries including the Austrian Netherlands, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland. His hydrogen filled balloon took off from a prison yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  6. Timeline of aviation in the 18th century - Wikipedia

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    March 2, Jean-Pierre Blanchard makes his first flight in a hydrogen balloon. [3] March 13 The first public ascent of a manned balloon in Italy takes place with a hot air balloon at the Villa Sormani in Moncucco carrying Paolo Andreani and two locals. April 15, The first ascent of a manned balloon in the British Isles takes place with a hot air ...

  7. Hot air balloon - Wikipedia

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    The hot air balloon is the first successful human-carrying flight technology. The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight in the world was performed in Paris, France, by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on November 21, 1783, [1] in a balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers. [2]

  8. Dr Jenner's balloon flight replicated 240 years on - AOL

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    Dr Edward Jenner was responsible for the first hydrogen balloon flight in Gloucestershire in 1784.

  9. Montgolfier brothers - Wikipedia

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    Making the first confirmed human flight, in a Montgolfière-style hot air balloon The Montgolfier brothers – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier ( French: [ʒozɛf miʃɛl mɔ̃ɡɔlfje] ; 26 August 1740 – 26 June 1810) [ 1 ] and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier ( [ʒak etjɛn mɔ̃ɡɔlfje] ; 6 January 1745 – 2 August 1799) [ 1 ] – were aviation ...