History Pages
Brief History
1783 - Birth of Flight
1784 - English Aeronaut
1785 - Conquering the Channel
1793 - America Takes Off
1800 - Death of the Hot Air Balloon
1812 - The Irish Question
1898 - Balloons to Airplanes
1931 - A Stratospheric Achievement
1935 - Highest Men in the World
1960 - Balloons and Parachutes
1960s - Renaissance of Hot Air
1978 - Transatlantic Challenge
1981 - Transpacific Challenge
1987 - Richard Branson
1999 - The Last Frontier
2005 - Altitude Record Broken Again
George Washington was present to see the first successful manned balloon flight in North America, piloted by Jean Pierre Blanchard.
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