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From the marketplace the balloon rose 5,200-6,600 feet, stayed aflote for 10 minutes and traveled more than a mile.
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The first hot air balloon was invented on November 21st 1783.
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The first hot air balloon was created in Paris, France.
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The Montoglfier brothers created the first hot air balloon.
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On December 1st the first ride on a hot air balloon ever.
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They began experimenting and observing that heated air directed into a paper or fabric bag made the bag rise.
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The first hot air balloon was made out of silk lined with paper(33 feet) With nobody aboard.
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The hot air balloon was carried by Francois Pilatre de Rozier and Francois Laurent, Marquis of d' Arlanders.
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They stood on a circular platform attached to bottom of ballooon. Then they fed the ballon the fire and then I took off.
