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Montgolfier balloon, ascent over Lyons, France
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Montgolfier balloon, ascent over Lyons, France
The Montgolfier balloon, Le Flesselle, which ascended over Lyons, France.
19 January 1784
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1780s 1784 Ascended Ballooning Lyon Lyons Montgolfier January
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1. Title: A Leap into the Unknown: The Montgolfier Balloon's Maiden Voyage over Lyons, France (19th January 1784) 2. Subtitle: Witnessing the Dawn of Aerial Transportation 3. Description: This image transports us back to an era of wonder and discovery, as we bear witness to the Montgolfier balloon, "Le Flesselle," ascending gracefully over the picturesque city of Lyons, France, on the fateful day of 19th January 1784. The Montgolfier brothers, Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne, pioneers of the Montgolfier balloon, had achieved the seemingly impossible by inventing a means of transporting humans into the heavens, defying the constraints of the earthbound world. The Montgolfier balloon, a marvel of the 1780s, was a testament to human ingenuity and the insatiable thirst for knowledge and exploration. The balloon, filled with hot air, rose effortlessly into the azure sky, leaving behind a trail of amazement and awe. The people of Lyons gathered in the streets to witness this extraordinary spectacle, their faces filled with a mixture of excitement, trepidation, and sheer wonder. Le Flesselle, named after the Montgolfier family's estate, was the third Montgolfier balloon to fly, and the first to carry passengers. The brothers had already demonstrated the feasibility of their invention with the successful flights of the "Montgolfier Number 1" and "Montgolfier Number 2," but it was the ascent of Le Flesselle that truly captured the imagination of the world. This photograph, taken from the National Aerospace Library's archives at The Royal Aeronautical Society, serves as a poignant reminder of the transformative power of human curiosity and the indomitable spirit of innovation. The Montgolfier balloon's ascent over Lyons marked the beginning of a new era in transportation and opened the doors to the vast, unexplored realm of the sky.
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