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The first balloon ascent, c1785 (1919)

The first balloon ascent, c1785 (1919). Joseph-Michel (1740-1810) and Jacques-Etienne (1745-1799) Montgolfier developed a hot air balloon in Annonay, Ardeche, France, and demonstrated it publicly on September 19, 1783. The first untethered flight with human passengers launched on November 21 1783. King Louis XVI had originally decreed that condemned criminals would be the first pilots, but Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1754-1785) and Francois Laurent le Vieux d'Arlandes (1742-1809), petitioned for the honour. From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co. Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto, 1919]

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France - Annonay - Ardeche Department

France - Annonay - Ardeche. Annonay was the location of the Montgolfier brothers first public unmanned hot air balloon flight, on June 4, 1783. The event is celebrated annually each June, on the site of the flight in the place des Cordeliers. The Montgolfier brothers were natives of the town, and there is an obelisk in honour of them

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Tractor trailer loaded with black grapes, men and women grape pickers in vineyard, St

Tractor trailer loaded with black grapes, men and women grape pickers in vineyard, St. Joseph vineyards, Ardeche, Rhone Alpes, France, Europe

© Michael Busselle

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