On 5 June 1909, the first official national balloon championship in the United States, the National Balloon Race, took place at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The first official balloon race in the United States was organised […]
On 9 January 1793, Jean-Pierre Blanchard performed the first balloon flight in the Americas, taking off from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and landing in Deptford Township, New Jersey. Jean-Pierre Blanchard, a French inventor, aviation pioneer, and the […]
On 21 November 1783, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d’Arlandes made the world´s first untethered flight in a Montgolfier hot air balloon. The aerostat reached an altitude of 3,000 feet and remained airborne […]
On 18 August 1805, Sophie Blanchard became the first woman in aviation history to pilot an aircraft solo when she successfully completed a balloon flight from Toulouse, France. Marie Madeleine Sophie Blanchard (née Armandt) was […]
On 18th July 1803, Étienne-Gaspard Robert set the new flight altitude record of 7,170 metres, flying with montgolfière-type hot air balloon. Étienne-Gaspard Robert was born on 15th June 1763, in the then Prince-Bishopric of Liége […]
On 4th July 1753, the French inventor and aviation pioneer, as well as the first professional balloon pilot in the world, was born in Les Andelys, France. Since the childhood, Blanchard, a son of a […]
Jean-Pierre Blanchard, a French inventor, aviation pioneer and the world’s first professional balloon pilot, was born on 4 July 1753, in Les Andelys, France. From an early age, Blanchard displayed remarkable mechanical talent and a […]
At the end of January 1769, the French aviation pioneer, balloonist and inventor of the frameless parachute, André-Jacques Garnerin, was born. The exact date of his birth varies, depending on the source. Although it seems […]
227 years ago, on 22nd October 1797, the French aviation pioneer, André-Jacques Garnerin, performed the first successful parachute descent, using the frameless parachute he invented. André-Jacques Garnerin was born on 30th January 1769, in Paris. […]
On 23rd August 1878, the first British military aircraft, the Pioneer, performed its maiden flight at Woolwich Arsenal. The first British military balloon trials are as old as 1862. That year, Lieutenant George Grover proposed […]
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