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Cavendish was the one who started the idea of using gas to lift objects. He predicted that gases with negative weights (Hydrogen) that it could lift an object in to the air.
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History of HOT Air BalloonRozier was a scientist who launched the first hot air balloon called 'Aerostat Reveillon'. This balloon had a duck, a sheep, and a rooster. It stayed in the air for 15 min.
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Two French brothers who launched the very first hot air balloon in Paris. They flew over Paris for 20 minutes.
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After Marquise DE Arlandes & Pilatar DE Rozier rode in one of the Montgolfier's hot air balloons becamse very popular. Designers and modifiers favorited hot air balloons. That's why today hot air balloon designs are crazy.
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Jacques Alexander Charles and Nicholas Louis Robert ten days after the first hot air balloon had created a gas hot air balloon
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He and his co pilot, John Jefferies, were the very first to fly across the Engllish Channel. Pretty big deal!
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Jean Pierre Blanchard was the first to fly in a hot air balloon in America. George Washington as present at the launch of the balloon.
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Through 1794-1945 ot air ballons were used during many wars including the Civil Warand World War 1 and 2. They used them for warfare, transportation, and communication.
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Professor Thaddeus SC Lowe showed and presented to President Abraham Lincoln the hot air balloon as a military option.
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Was the first who reached over 50,00 feet
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An altitude record of 72,395 feet that had two members aboard. This record gave furture scpae travel a huge step forward
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Captain Joe Kittinger jumped from a hot air balloon that was 102,800 feet up. He set a record of altitude jumps.
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Piloted the first modern hot air balloon. He developed a new envelope and new propane burner system.
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Malcolm Ross and Lieutenant Commander Victor A. Prather currently have the highest altitide record. They acsended 113,739.9 feet. They ended up landing in the GUlf of Mexico.
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The first hot air balloon festival was created. Everyone comes together and watches the hot air balloons take off. So many colors are present. Now it's tradition to hold a hot air balloon fiesta.
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Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman are the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a hot air ballon. The flight time was 137 hours.
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Ben Abruzzo, Larry Newman, Ron Clark and Rocky Aoki launch in Japan and after 84 hours and 31 min they landed in California.
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Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones traveled around the world and landed in Egypt. The traveled for 19days.
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An Australian environmental consultant designed and improved the hot air balloon engine that could use the sun rays to opperate.
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Christian Brown decided to take hot air balloon rides to the next level. He decided to have a glass bottom of his hot air balloon in order to get a better view underneath you.
