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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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NOVEMBER 21 1783: Man's first free-flight was made by Jean de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes in the Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon.
On this day by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Only a month earlier, the Montgolfier brothers had gripped Europe with news they had sent humans aloft in a vessel lifted by hot air.
Pioneers in an age of enlightenment by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
This year was also the 225th anniversary of the first manned balloon flight pioneered by the French Montgolfier brothers.
WALES: Lighting the night; Spectacular hot air ballooning draws ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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