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Hot air balloons
provided people with their first chance to fly. A hot air balloon is
a huge bag with a burner and wicker basket suspended below it. The
bag traps the hot air that gives the balloon lift. Hot air balloons
have fascinated people ever since the Montgolfiers brothers built
their first balloon in 1783. Hot air ballooning is a recreational
activity conducted in most parts of the world.
Fast Facts: The
first flight
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the first
every flight was in a balloon designed and constructed by Joseph
and Etienne Montgolfier.
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a hot air
balloon is called a montgofiere
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paper was used
for the balloon inner lining
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the outside of
the balloon was covered in coloured cloth
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there was a
framework that prevented the balloon from collapsing
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it was Pilatre
de Rozier that suggested that a balloon made big enough could
carry passengers
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the first test
flight carried a duck, sheep and rooster a few kilometres from
the launch site
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the balloon
that carried the first people on a flight was 24 metres high
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the flight
lasted nearly 30 minutes
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it was launch
in Paris on 21st of November, 1783
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the first
fliers were Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes
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