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The take off was good and the balloon only went up to 500 feet and the hot air balloon ripped but the balloon fell to the ground slowly and the passengers on board where a sheep, a duck and a rooster.
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de Rozier and François Laurent D Arlandes on November 21, 1783, in Paris, France. Where the first people to fly in air balloon and to fly with a air balloon untethered.
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- On November 21,1783 is when the first air balloon reached an altitude of at least 500 feet and traveled about 5½ miles before landing safely 25 minutes later.
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The ladder up to the basket was now ready for the first human feet. And so, in front of the Dauphin at Château de La Muette on November 21 1783, Pilate de Rozier became the first man ever to be borne aloft in air balloon
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The first hot-air balloon flown in the Americas was launched from the Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia on January 9, 1793 by the French aeronaut Jean Pierre Blanchard.
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One of the first major crashes I found was on August 13th 1989, two hot air balloons collided at Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, causing one to fall, killing all 13 people on board.
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The highest man has flown in a hot air balloon is 68,986 feet which was achieved by Dr. Vijay pat Sing hania who flew over Mumbai in India in November 2005.
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In 2014, a giant hot air balloon was manufactured by Cameron Balloons of Bristol. It carried 32 passengers to claim the world record for the largest certified passenger carrying balloon.
