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Montgolfier

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Montgolfier
Jacques ?tienne , 1745--99, and his brother Joseph Michel , 1740--1810, French inventors, who built (1782) and ascended in (1783) the first practical hot-air balloon


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For a demonstration at the palace of Versailles in 1783, inventors Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier gave hot-air ballooning its "first brave passengers.
Marjorie Priceman: Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First ... by Sutton, Roger / The Horn Book Magazine
In an age when the only air vehicles were ornate Montgolfier hot-air balloons, this conceit seemed merely witty.
Hoffman, Paul. Wings of madness; Alberto Santos-Dumont and the ... by Puffer, Raymond / Kliatt
Humans had been flying since the French brothers Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier invented hot-air balloons in 1783.
When man took to the skies: one hundred years ago this month, in ... by Price, Sean / New York Times Upfront
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