THE FRENCH STARTED IT!

Everything you need to know about HOT AIR BALLOONS

It started in FRANCE 1783 Pilatre De Rozier launched the first. The passengers were A DUCK,A SHEEP and a ROOSTER

they flew 15 hours.

Next::First manned attempt came 2 months later. Two French brothers Joseph and Etiene Montgolfier launcher in the centre of Paris.

100 years later Swiss scientist A. Piccard (remember th name)

achieved a manned flight into the STRATOSPHERE height of 52,498 feet

Altitude record 1960 of 102,000 feet was Capt Kittinger.

The Round the Globe was 1999 Swiss Betrand PICCARD

and Jones.

Now lets have some fun.

The biggest Hot Air Show in Maine is in Lewiston.

I think.

During the Civil war Gen Grant used hot air balloons for scouts of the Confederates

I put the belted Galloway cows into the painting for fun.




Hope this gave you a little enjoyment.

Posted by Yvonne Rosenfield @ La Petite Gallery
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