For flight number 45, he planned to become the first person to fly a balloon in the New World. Blanchard set up shop in Philadelphia, then the capital of the new nation.

1793—The First Balloon Flight in North America: A 45-minute flight from Philadelphia to Gloucester County, New Jersey is made by Jean Pierre Blanchard on January 9. George Washington is present ...

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These two, perhaps by accident, or maybe as a matter of taste, began studying the flights of ... to see the first successful trip of an airship, without a balloon to sustain it, that the world ...

It was in 1783, that the Montgolfier Brothers invented a hot air balloon which saw the first ever non-tethered manned flight ...

Tickets are available on-site at the event, which boasts glowing night shows and balloon flights in addition to ... more than 7.5 million visitors in its first 10 years. This festival boasts ...

Space Perspective generated worldwide news coverage in October by announcing Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson would co-pilot the first crewed stratospheric balloon flight and invest in the company.

Hot air balloons will launch for the first time in 14 years in Las Cruces. The Mesilla Valley Balloon Rally will take flight Jan. 17-19 in the Downtown Plaza de Las Cruces. There will be 20 full ...

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