Rising up into the sky, this early model of a hot air balloon takes flight in France.
The first hot-air balloon is sent aloft in Versailles, France with animal passengers including a sheep, a rooster, and a duck. The hot air balloon is the first successful human-carrying flight technology. Attractive aspects of ballooning include the exceptional quiet , the lack of a feeling of movement, and the bird’s-eye view.
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