| | CIA NOTABLE FLIGHTS and ACHIEVEMENTS |
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| | Date: | 200-400 | Pilot: | Antarqui (small boy) | PER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Earliest mythical manned flight |
| | Said to have been sent up in the air to spy on the enemy |
| | Nazca culture |
| | Aerostat: | Nazca | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Nazca. Journey to the sun | Updated | 2002-06-16 |
| | Date: | 1625 | Pilot: | Johann Baptista van Helmont¹ | 1579-1644 | BEL |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First description of hydrogen. first to use the word "gas". Founder of pneumatic chemistry. |
| | Investigated and categorized hydrogen and several other gases. |
| | Realised the difference between atmospheric air and gases. |
| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Gas chemistry. Scientific American jan 1984 | Updated | 2002-06-16 |
| | Date: | 1709-08-08 | Pilot: | Bartholomeu Lourenço de Gusmão¹ | 1686-1724 | BRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Earliest recorded model balloon flight |
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| | Aerostat: | Gusmão | Hot Air Balloon model | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 2002-03-19 |
| | Date: | 1731-11-17 | Pilot: | Mr. Kriakoutny | 1710?-1750 | RUS |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First manned balloon flight according to Russian claims. |
| | Flew from Ryazan town square. |
| | Landed in church bell-tower. Beaten by Supersticious peasants and had to flee |
| | Aerostat: | Balloon made of Ox-hides | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | S. Mihailovich (Russian Archives). Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1755 | Pilot: | Joseph Black¹ | 1728-1799 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Repeated Helmont's discovery that different gases exist |
| | Published Experiments Upon Magnesia Alba. Quicklime. and Some Other Alkaline Substances. 1755 |
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| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Weisstein: Scientific Biographies. Scientific American jan 1984 | Updated | 2002-06-16 |
| | Date: | 1766 | Pilot: | Henry Cavendish¹ | 1731-1810 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Discovered and isolated a gas. 11 times lighter than air |
| | Investigated Fixed Air (carbon dioxide) and isolated Inflammable Air (hydrogen. |
| | Published On Fractious Air. 1766 |
| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Scientfic American. jan 1984 | Updated | 2002-06-16 |
| | Date: | 1774-08-01 | Pilot: | Joseph Priestley¹ | 1733-1804 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Isolated and categorized hydrogen and seven other gases. |
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| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Scientfic American. jan 1984 | Updated | 2002-06-16 |
| | Date: | 1774-09-30 | Pilot: | Carl Wilhelm Scheele¹ | 1742-1786 | SWE |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Discovered and produced oxygen |
| | Showed before Priestley that air consists of oxygen and nitrogen |
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| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Letter to Lavoisier | Updated | 2002-07-24 |
| | Date: | 1782-11-25/26 | Pilot: | Joseph-Michel Montgolfier¹ | 1740-1810 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First experiment by Montgolfier. |
| | At 18. rue Saint-Etienne. Avignon |
| | Fire made of paper |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 1. Silk cube. | Hot Air Balloon model | Volume | 1 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1782-12- | Pilot: | Joseph & Étienne Montgolfier¹ | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First outdoor flight. |
| | Paper factory garden in Vidalon-les-Annonay |
| | Fire made of straw and humid wool. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 2. Cylinder. | Hot Air Balloon model | Volume | 1 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 1 | min | Altitude: | 30 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1782-12-14 | Pilot: | Joseph & Étienne Montgolfier¹ | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First free flight with a model balloon |
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| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 3. Silk sphere. | Hot Air Balloon model | Volume | 18 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 3 | min | Altitude: | 250 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-04- | Pilot: | Joseph & Étienne Montgolfier¹ | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Tethered experiments. |
| | Château de Brogieux. Annonay |
| | Fire made of straw and humid wool. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 4. Linen & paper sphere. | Hot Air Balloon model | Volume | 800 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1783-04-25 | Pilot: | Joseph & Étienne Montgolfier¹ | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First free flight at night. |
| | Château du Colombier. Annonay. |
| | Fire made of straw and humid wool. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 4. Linen & paper sphere. | Hot Air Balloon model | Volume | 800 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 2 km | 1 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1783-06-04 | Pilot: | Joseph & Étienne Montgolfier¹ | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First public demonstration. free flight. |
| | Place des Cordeliers. Annonay. |
| | Fire made of straw and humid wool. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 4. Linen & paper sphere. | Hot Air Balloon model | Volume | 800 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 2 km | 1 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. BF18:4 | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1783-08-27 | Pilot: | Jacques Alexandre César Charles & Robert brothers¹ | 1746-1823 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First Free flight by gas balloon. |
| | Public demonstration. Champ de Mars. Paris - Gonesse 15 km NE Paris. |
| | Balloon destroyed by scared villagers. |
| | Aerostat: | Charlière No 1. Rubberized silk sphere. Hydrogen. | Gas Balloon model | Volume | 35 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 25 km | 16 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 45 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Ballooning 1782-1872 | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1783-08-30 | Pilot: | Louis XVI King of France¹ | 1754-1793 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First aviation Royal decision |
| | King Louis XVI agreed that first aeronauts be prisoners |
| | Pilâtre de Rozier pursuaded the King that prisoners should not be honoured |
| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Stella. Lecornu: La Navigation Aérienne. 1902 | Updated | 2000-11-02 |
| | Date: | 1783-09-12 | Pilot: | Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier¹ | 1745-1799 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Tethered flight. Demonstration for Scientific commission. |
| | Réveillon. Paris |
| | Fire made of straw. humid wool and animal parts. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 5. Paper covered linen. Biconical | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 1000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-09-19 | Pilot: | Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier¹ | 1745-1799 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Sheep. duck and rooster |
| | First free flight with animals. |
| | From the Royal Court at Versailles to Vaucresson |
| | Fire made of straw. humid wool and animal parts. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 6. Painted cotton | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 1400 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 4 km | 2 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 8 | min | Altitude: | 500 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-10- | Pilot: | Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier¹ | 1745-1799 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Tethered flight. |
| | Reveillon. Paris |
| | Airborne heater fired by dried straw. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-10-12 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First tethered human flight. |
| | Reveillon. Paris |
| | Solo flight. weight used to keep equilibrium. Airborne heater fired by dried straw. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 4 | min | Altitude: | 26 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-10-14 | Pilot: | Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier | 1745-1799 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Mayor Dillon. the Count of Chartres |
| | First tethered passenger flight. |
| | Reveillon. Paris |
| | Airborne heater fired by dried straw. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Comitee Annonay | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-10-15 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Tethered human flight. |
| | Reveillon. Paris |
| | Airborne heater fired by dried straw. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 6 | min | Altitude: | 64 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Comitee Annonay | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-10-17 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Tethered flight. |
| | Reveillon. Paris |
| | Airborne heater fired by dried straw. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 8 | min | Altitude: | 80 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Comitee Annonay | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-10-19 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | 1. André Giroud de Villette. 2. François Laurent. Marquis d'Arlandes |
| | Two tethered passenger flights. |
| | Reveillon. Paris |
| | Airborne heater fired by dried straw. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 9 | min | Altitude: | 108 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Comitee Annonay | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-10-19 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | François Laurent. the Marquis d'Arlandes. (1742-1809) |
| | Tethered passenger flights. |
| | Reveillon. Paris |
| | Airborne heater fired by dried straw. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 9 | min | Altitude: | 108 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Comitee Annonay | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-11-21 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | François Laurent. the Marquis d'Arlandes | Passengers: |
| | First recorded manned flight. |
| | From Château de la Muette to la Butte aux Cailles. Paris. France. |
| | Takeoff at 13.54. Airborne heater fired by dried straw. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 10 km | 6 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 25 | min | Altitude: | 1000 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Comitee Annonay | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-12-01 | Pilot: | Jacques Alexandre César Charles | 1746-1823 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Marie-Noël Robert (Cadet = the younger) | Passengers: |
| | First human flight in a gas balloon. |
| | From Le jardin des Tuileries. Paris to Nesle-La-Vallée. |
| | Takeoff at 13.45. M-N Robert sometimes called Cadet meaning the younger. |
| | Aerostat: | Charlière No 2. Varnished silk. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 380 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 36 km | 22 miles | Duration: | 2 h | 5 | min | Altitude: | 600 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Ballooning 1782-1982 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-12-01 | Pilot: | Jacques Alexandre César Charles | 1746-1823 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First human solo flight in a gas balloon. |
| | Nesle-La-Vallée to Tour du Lay. Hedouville. |
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| | Aerostat: | Charlière No 2. Varnished silk. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 380 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 35 | min | Altitude: | 3500 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Ballooning 1782-1982 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1784-01-19 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Joseph Montgolfier | Passengers: | Count de Laurencin. Count de Dampierre. Mr Lenoir. Mr Fontaine + (Prince Charles de Ligne?) |
| | First flight with more than 2 people |
| | First stowaway (Fontaine). Airborne heater fired with wood. coal and alcohol. |
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| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 8. Le Fleselles. Paper btwn 2 layers of linen | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 20000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 13 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105. Romance of Ballooning | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1784-02-25 | Pilot: | Paul Andreani | ITA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First free balloon flight in Italy |
| | Milano. Italy |
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| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | FAI 120 | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1784-03-02 | Pilot: | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | 1753-1809 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First trial with a dirigible balloon. |
| | Champ de Mars. Paris to Billancourt |
| | Propulsion by oars. |
| | Aerostat: | Blanchard No 1. Hydrogen. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 380 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 1 h | 15 | min | Altitude: | 400 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1784-04-23 | Pilot: | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First aviation law |
| | Requirement that balloons carrying fire aloft must be inspected before flight |
| | Reason was that authorities considered balloons could cause fires in Paris |
| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Updated | 2000-04-12 |
| | Date: | 1784-06-04 | Pilot: | Mr. Fleurant | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Mme Elisabeth Thible |
| | First flight with a female passenger. Mme Elisabeth Thible |
| | Lyon. |
| | Witnessed by Gustav III. King of Sweden. Balloon named in his honour |
| | Aerostat: | Laurencin/Fleurant. Le Gustave. Linen & paper. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 4000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 45 | min | Altitude: | 1500 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105. Gustavianskt | Updated | 2002-09-11 |
| | Date: | 1784-06-14 | Pilot: | Coustard de Massy | FRA |
| | Copilot: | R. P. Mouchel. Luynes | Passengers: |
| | First attempt to make scientific observations. |
| | Nantes. |
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| | Aerostat: | de Massy. Le Suffren. Hydrogen. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 450 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 36 km | 22 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 3500 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Ballooning 1782-1982 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1784-06-23 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | L. J. Proust |
| | First flight over 50 km distance. |
| | Versailles to Chantilly |
| | Heater fired with straw. fir wood and wine-shoots soaked in oil and turpentine |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière La Marie Antionette. Cotton and sheep skins. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 5000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 52 km | 32 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 50 | min | Altitude: | 3000 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1784-06-24 | Pilot: | Edward Warren | 1771-? | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First free balloon flight in USA. |
| | Baltimore |
| | Pilot 13 years old |
| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | FAI 120 | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1784-07-07 | Pilot: | J. G. Stuwer | OK |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First flight in Austria |
| | Vienna |
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| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 2003-03-27 |
| | Date: | 1784-07-15 | Pilot: | Marie-Noël Robert. (the younger) | 1760?-1820 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Anne-Jean Robert. 1758-1820. ( Ainé = the elder) | Passengers: | The Count of Chartres and Collin-Hullin |
| | First flight with an elongated balloon with ballonet. |
| | Trials to control direction. St. Cloud to Meudon |
| | No valve fitted. The duke slashed the ballonet to prevent rupture |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen. La Caroline | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 45 | min | Altitude: | 4500 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Dream Machine. Icare 105. Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B | Updated | 2003-03-27 |
| | Date: | 1784-08-25 | Pilot: | James Tytler | 1747-1804 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First hot air balloon flight in Great Britain |
| | Edinburgh |
| | No basket and no heat source carried aloft |
| | Aerostat: | Hot air envelope | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 150 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in Great Britain. Balloon Tytler. Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 2003-03-27 |
| | Date: | 1784-09-15 | Pilot: | Vincent Lunardi | 1759-1806 | ITA |
| | Copilot: | A dog and a cat | Passengers: |
| | First flight with a gas balloon in Great Britain |
| | Artillery Grounds. Moorfields to Standon. Hertfordshire |
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| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 40 km | 25 miles | Duration: | 2 h | 15 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in Great Britain | Updated | 2003-03-27 |
| | Date: | 1784-09-19 | Pilot: | Marie-Noël Robert. (the younger) | 1760?-1820 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Anne-Jean Robert. 1758-1820. ( Ainé = the elder) | Passengers: | Collin-Hullin |
| | First flight over 100 km (186 km straight line). |
| | Paris to Beuvry near Bethune |
| | Straight line distance about 190 km. A-J Robert sometimes called Ainé. meaning the elder |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 186 km | 116 miles | Duration: | 6 h | 40 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Dream Machine. Icare 105. Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1785-01-07 | Pilot: | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | 1753-1809 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Dr John Jeffries | Passengers: |
| | First crossing of the Channel. First international air letter. |
| | Dover to Forèt de Guines. Calais |
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| | Aerostat: | Blanchard. Hydrogen balloon. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 1 h | 30 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Ballooning 1782-1982 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1785-01-19 | Pilot: | Richard Crosbie | 1755-1800 | IRE |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First ascent in Ireland |
| | From Ranelagh. near Dublin to the coast |
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| | Aerostat: | Crosbie hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in Great Britain. Ballooning 1782.1972 | Updated | 2003-03-27 |
| | Date: | 1785-06-15 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Pierre Romain. builder of the balloon |
| | First fatality. |
| | First attempt to cross from France to England |
| | Balloon burst in flames |
| | Aerostat: | Rozière. Hydrogen and hot air. | Rozière Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 1500 | meters |
| | Source: | Who's who in aviation history | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1785-06-29 | Pilot: | George Biggin | 1760-1803 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Mrs Letitia A. Sage |
| | First English woman to ascend. Passenger Mrs Letitia A. Sage |
| | London (Saint George's field) to Harrow Common |
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| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 650 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 48 km | 30 miles | Duration: | 1 h | 55 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire de l'Aeronautique. History of Aeronautics in GB. Romance of Ballooning. Icare 105. The story of Vincenzo Lunardi. Five aerial voyages | Updated | 1996-10-23 |
| | Date: | 1785-07-11 | Pilot: | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | 1753-1809 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First ascent in Holland |
| | The Hague |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Blanchard. hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 2003-03-28 |
| | Date: | 1785-08-26 | Pilot: | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | 1753-1809 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Chevalier de Lepinard |
| | First flight over 200 km distance. |
| | Lille to Servon (St-Menehould or Melun) |
| | Probably first flight over 200 km straight line. |
| | Aerostat: | Blanchard. Hydrogen balloon. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 252 km | 157 miles | Duration: | 7 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Ballooning 1782-1982. Romance of Ballooning | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1785-09-08 | Pilot: | Thomas Baldwin | 1750?-1810 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First Aerial view published. trail rope first described |
| | Solo flight by Thomas Baldwin. |
| | Described in Airopaidia 1786. |
| | Aerostat: | Lunardi | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1785-10-03 | Pilot: | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | 1753-1809 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First free balloon flight in Germany |
| | Frankfurt am Main |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Blanchard. Hydrogen balloon. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Der Freiballon 1:2001. Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 2003-03-21 |
| | Date: | 1785-10-20 | Pilot: | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | 1753-1809 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First balloon flight in Belgium |
| | Ghent. Belgium |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Blanchard. Hydrogen balloon. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | FAI 120. Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 2003-03-24 |
| | Date: | 1786-06-18 | Pilot: | Pierre Testu-Brissy | 1770?-1829 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First night ascent. |
| | Paris to Breteuil |
| | Date may be 10/11 June |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. The Aeronauts. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1788-05-05 | Pilot: | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | 1753-1809 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First balloon flight in Switzerland |
| | Basel. Switzerland |
| | A Montgolfière in some sources. False |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Erwin A. Sautter | Updated | 2002-03-13 |
| | Date: | 1789 | Pilot: | Antoine Lavoisier¹ | 1743-1794 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Described combustion and proved that the Phlogiston theory is invalid |
| | Founder of modern chemistry. member of the Meter Commission |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Updated | 2002-07-24 |
| | Date: | 1790-05-14 | Pilot: | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | 1753-1809 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Count Poticki. Ibrahim Pascha |
| | First flight in Poland (at that time a part of Russia) |
| | Warszaw |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Blanchard. hot air balloon | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 2003-03-24 |
| | Date: | 1790-08-12 | Pilot: | Vincent Lunardi | 1759-1806 | ITA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First ascent in Spain |
| | Madrid |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 2003-03-28 |
| | Date: | 1790-10-31 | Pilot: | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | 1753-1809 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Count von Sternberg |
| | First ascent in Czechoslovakia |
| | Prague |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Blanchard. hot air balloon | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 2003-03-28 |
| | Date: | 1793-01-09 | Pilot: | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | 1753-1809 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First free flight in USA by Blanchard |
| | Landing Deptford. New Jersey |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Blanchard. Hydrogen balloon. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. BF 20:3 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1794-06-02 | Pilot: | Jean-Marie-Joseph Coutelle | 1748-1835 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Gen. Radet | Passengers: |
| | First use of balloons in war. |
| | Siege of Maubeuge |
| | French army spotted beseiged Austrian troops |
| | Aerostat: | Entreprenant. hydrogen. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire des Ballons. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1998-07-31 |
| | Date: | 1794-06-23 | Pilot: | Jean-Marie-Joseph Coutelle | 1748-1835 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First use of balloons in war. |
| | Siege of Charleroi |
| | French army spotted beseiged Austrian troops |
| | Aerostat: | Entreprenant. hydrogen. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | FAI 120 | Updated | 1998-07-31 |
| | Date: | 1794-06-26 | Pilot: | Jean-Marie-Joseph Coutelle | 1748-1835 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Gen. Morlot | Passengers: |
| | First use of balloons in war. |
| | Battle of Fleurus |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Entreprenant. hydrogen. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire des Ballons. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1794-08-24 | Pilot: | Vincent Lunardi | 1759-1806 | ITA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First ascent in Portugal |
| | Lisbon |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 2003-03-28 |
| | Date: | 1797-10-22 | Pilot: | André Jacques Garnerin | 1770-1825 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First parachute descent from a balloon. |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Garnerin - Le Premier Parachutiste | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1798-10-16 | Pilot: | Pierre Testu-Brissy | 1770?-1829 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First ascent with a horse. |
| | At Monceau |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1798-11-10 | Pilot: | Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin (Miss Labrosse) | 1779-1847 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Miss Henry | Passengers: |
| | First all female crew. Paris |
| | Also claimed to have been first woman to parachute (1802-09. England. Rechs) |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Garnerin - Le Premier Parachutiste. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1799-07-18 | Pilot: | Edward Daniel Clarke¹ | 1769-1822 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Unmanned | Passengers: |
| | First balloon flight north of the arctic circle |
| | Enontekiö. northern Finland. (N68.23. E23.38). Until 1809 a part of Sweden |
| | Unmanned hot air balloon. Clarke was an English mineralogist and traveller |
| | Aerostat: | Hot air balloon | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ikarus 1941 | Updated | 2004-03-23 |
| | Date: | 1802-06-28 | Pilot: | André Jacques Garnerin | 1770-1825 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Richard Choyce Sowden |
| | High speed flight. Average speed over 100 km/h. |
| | London to Colchester. 110 km/h |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 82 km | 51 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 45 | min | Altitude: | 4500 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB. Ballooning 1782-1972. Garnerin - Le Premier Parachutiste | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1803-07-18 | Pilot: | Etienne Gaspar Robertson | 1763-1837 | BEL |
| | Copilot: | Auguste Lhoëst | Passengers: |
| | First expressly scientific ascent. |
| | Hamburg to Hannover |
| | Altitude claimed by pilot. French Academy admits maximum 6 500 |
| | Aerostat: | Entreprenant. hydrogen. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 7170 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972: 7 170 m. Freiballonsport in Deutschland p8: 7 400 m | Updated | 2003-03-27 |
| | Date: | 1803-10-04 | Pilot: | André Jacques Garnerin | 1770-1825 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | M. Aubert | Passengers: |
| | First flight in Russia. first over 300 km. |
| | Moscow to Polova |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 302 km | 188 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland p8. Garnerin - Le Premier Parachutiste | Updated | 2003-03-27 |
| | Date: | 1803 | Pilot: | Jordaki Kuparentko | 1780?-1820 | RUS |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Demonstration of a hot air balloon in Lithuania |
| | Vilnius |
| | Kuparentko was Moldavian |
| | Aerostat: | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gunars Dukste | Updated | 2004-03-29 |
| | Date: | 1804-04-24 | Pilot: | Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac | 1778-1850 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Jean Baptiste Biot | Passengers: |
| | First verified flight over 3000 meters. |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 3977 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland p8 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1804-07-24 | Pilot: | Jordaki Kuparentko | 1780?-1820 | RUS |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First pilot to save his life by parachute. |
| | Balloon caught fire over Warsaw. |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. The Aeronauts. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1804-08-18 | Pilot: | Etienne Gaspar Robertson | 1763-1837 | BEL |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First manned gas balloon flight in Latvia |
| | Riga to Jaunrotkali (Nagelhoff) |
| | Ascent witnessed by André Jacques Garnerin |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen Balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 32 km | 20 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Nordisches Archiv 1804. Gunars Dukste | Updated | 2004-03-29 |
| | Date: | 1804-09-19 | Pilot: | Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac | 1778-1850 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First verified flight over 7000 meters. |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 7016 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Freiballonsport in Deutschland | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1804-12-06 | Pilot: | André Jacques Garnerin¹ | 1770-1825 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Unmanned balloons released to celebrate Napoleon's coronation. |
| | One lands in Rome on Nero's grave. |
| | Garnerin replaced as official aeronaut by superstitious Napoleon. Date sometimes given as 16/12 |
| | Aerostat: | Unmanned. Hydrogen. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1109 km | 689 miles | Duration: | 22 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Garnerin - Le Premier Parachutiste | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1806-09-07 | Pilot: | Etienne Gaspar Robertson | 1763-1837 | BEL |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First gas balloon flight in Sweden |
| | Humlegården. Stockholm. Landed same place after 4 minutes |
| | Not sure if he actually flew free |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 4 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Kernell | Updated | 2002-01-30 |
| | Date: | 1807-09-23 | Pilot: | André Jacques Garnerin | 1770-1825 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 200 miles. |
| | Reims to Clausen (Germany) |
| | Garnerin: almost 400 km. Straight line distance about 250 km |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 396 km | 246 miles | Duration: | 6 h | 55 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Freiballonsport in Deutschland. Garnerin - Le Premier Parachutiste | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1808-06-02 | Pilot: | Johann Peter Colding¹ | 1760?-1825 | DEN |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First domestic air mail service starts in Denmark. |
| | Ends after four unmanned flights |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Colding. Hydrogen balloon. Unmanned | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | The History of Airmail in Scandinavia. Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1808-08 | Pilot: | Pascal Andreoli | 1780?-1830 | ITA |
| | Copilot: | Carlo Brioschi | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 7 500 meters. |
| | Rolt: Altitude doubtful but world record for a balloon catching fire |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen/Hot Air balloon | Rozière Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 7600 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1809-02/03 | Pilot: | Johann Peter Colding¹ | 1760?-1825 | DEN |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First international mail balloons. |
| | Denmark to Sweden with pamphlets against the Swedish King |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Colding. Hydrogen balloon. Unmanned | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | The History of Airmail in Scandinavia. Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1809 | Pilot: | Etienne Gaspar Robertson | 1763-1837 | BEL |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First manned gas balloon flight in Latvia |
| | Riga to Jaunrotkali (Nagelhoff) |
| | Ascent witnessed by André Jacques Garnerin |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gunars Dukste | Updated | 2004-03-29 |
| | Date: | 1810-06-21 | Pilot: | Marie Madeleine Sophie Armant Blanchard | 1774-1819 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First woman to die in a balloon accident. |
| | Fireworks under basket set balloon on fire |
| | Tethered ascent on Champ de Mars. Wedding of Napoleon and Marie-Louise |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | FAI 120 | Updated | 1998-07-31 |
| | Date: | 1811-10-07 | Pilot: | James Gross Sadler | 1751-1828 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Mr Burcham |
| | High speed flight. Average speed 135 km/h. |
| | Average speed 135 km/h. From Birmingham |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 180 km | 112 miles | Duration: | 1 h | 20 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB. Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1815-08-25 | Pilot: | Elisabeth Garnerin | 1800-1845 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First woman parachutist. Elisa Garnerin |
| | Elisa Garnerin. ascends at Champ de Mars. Paris |
| | May have been (only) a balloon flight. not parachute jump |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B. FFA | Updated | 1998-12-16 |
| | Date: | 1817-07-22 | Pilot: | William Windham Sadler | 1796-1824 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First crossing of the Irish Sea |
| | Portobello Barracks. Dublin 13:30 to Holyhead 19:05 |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 5 h | 35 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB | Updated | 2000-11-17 |
| | Date: | 1821-07-19 | Pilot: | Charles Green | 1785-1870 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First use of coal gas. |
| | Royal Coronation balloon |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Green. George IV. Coal gas. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 453 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 40 | min | Altitude: | 3400 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB. Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1822-04-27 | Pilot: | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First Certificate of Airworthiness |
| | Authorities in Paris require inspections of hot air balloons. |
| | If for no other reason than balloons are driven by fire. and are flammable. |
| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Air Law 1 (4th ed. 1977) | Updated | 2002-03-12 |
| | Date: | 1822-05-05 | Pilot: | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Balloons banned to fly over Durham. UK |
| | Aviation law holds that those who set things into the air are liable when those things come down on the heads of others |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Air & Space. May-June 1979 | Updated | 2000-03-15 |
| | Date: | 1835-02-12 | Pilot: | Eugene Robertson | BEL |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First ascent in Mexico |
| | Mexico City |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 2003-03-27 |
| | Date: | 1835-04-08 | Pilot: | Richard Clayton | 1800?-1860 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 500 km. |
| | Cincinnati to Monroe County. Virginia |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Star of the West | Gas Balloon | Volume | 510 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 563 km | 350 miles | Duration: | 9 h | 30 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. The Eagle Aloft. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1835-07-04 | Pilot: | Richard Clayton | 1800?-1860 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First mail carried in an American balloon. |
| | From Cincinnati to Waverly. Ohio. |
| | Reported as first transatlantic attempt but balloon too small for such. Solo flight |
| | Aerostat: | Star of the West | Gas Balloon | Volume | 510 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 120 km | 75 miles | Duration: | 6 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. The Eagle Aloft. Who's Who B | Updated | 1999-09-15 |
| | Date: | 1836-10-06 | Pilot: | Charles Green | 1785-1870 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | 10 |
| | First flight with 10 passengers |
| | Green's 224th ascent |
| | Hist GB: 11 passengers 1836-09-21 |
| | Aerostat: | Royal Vauxhall. Coal gas | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1980 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1836-11-08 | Pilot: | Charles Green | 1785-1870 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Robert Hollond. Thomas Monck-Mason | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 600 km. First use of drag rope. |
| | From London to Weilburg. Nassau. Germany. |
| | Trail-rope described by Baldwin 1786 in Airopaidia (Hist. of Aeronautics in GB) |
| | Aerostat: | Royal Vauxhall. Coal gas | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1980 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 608 km | 378 miles | Duration: | 18 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 3600 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB. Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Freiballonsport in Deutschland (608 km) | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1837-07-24 | Pilot: | Charles Green | 1785-1870 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Edward Spencer | Passengers: | (Robert Cocking) |
| | Robert Cocking killed in parachute descent. |
| | Balloon exceeded 23 000 ft (7 100 m) |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Royal Nassau. ex Royal Vauxhall. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1980 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 7127 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB. Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Freiballonsport in Deutschland | Updated | 1996-10-24 |
| | Date: | 1838-09-10 | Pilot: | Charles Green | 1785-1870 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | George Rush | Passengers: |
| | Altitude flight |
| | 6 203 m (Hist A in GB) |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Royal Nassau. ex Royal Vauxhall. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1980 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 8275 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1839-04-27 | Pilot: | John Wise | 1808-1879 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First use of Rip Panel |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1840-08 | Pilot: | Charles Green | 1785-1870 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First time Green publicly mentions Atlantic crossing by balloon. |
| | Green announces plans to fly from the new world to the old. |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB. Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-10-24 |
| | Date: | 1844-04-13 | Pilot: | Thomas Monck-Mason¹ | 1803-1889 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Robert Hollond | Passengers: | Six |
| | New York Sun prints Edgar Allan Poe's hoax. |
| | Claimed to have flown from North Wales to South Carolina. |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Victoria | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 75 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1845-06-12 | Pilot: | Antonio Comaschi | ITA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First ascent in Turkey |
| | Constantinople |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 2003-03-27 |
| | Date: | 1849-06- | Pilot: | AUT |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Austrians load 100 small hot air balloons with fused bombs |
| | Siege of Venice |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Unmanned. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1849-09-03 | Pilot: | Francois Arban | 1815-1849 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First Alpine crossing. |
| | Marseilles to Stubini (Stupinigi) near Turin |
| | Flown distance about 644 km - 400 miles. Pilot later disappeared over the Mediterrenean 1849-10-07 |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 260 km | 162 miles | Duration: | 9 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 4572 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland. Who's Who B | Updated | 2002-03-04 |
| | Date: | 1852-06-10 | Pilot: | John Wise | 1808-1879 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First discovery of ancient structures by aerial observation. |
| | Chillicothe. Ohio. |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1852-09-13 | Pilot: | Charles Green | 1785-1870 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First pilot to make 500 ascents |
| | First ascent July 19th. 1821. Total number of flights 526-527. (Some sources say over 1400) |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. The Aeronauts. History of Aeronautics in Great Britain. | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1852-09-24 | Pilot: | Henri Giffard | 1825-1882 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First successful airship flight. |
| | Hippodrome. Paris to Elancourt. near Trappes |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Giffard. Coal gas. | Semi-Rigid Airship | Volume | 2500 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 40 km | 25 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 1800 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 78:2 p 11. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Historic Airships | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1858- | Pilot: | Gaspard-Félix Tournachon ("Nadar") | 1820-1910 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First aerial photograph. |
| | Petit-Bicêtre. Paris |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1859- | Pilot: | Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe | 1832-1913 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Atlantic balloon. New York gas supply is inadequate. |
| | Balloon later renamed Great Western |
| |
| | Aerostat: | City of New York. Coal gas. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 20500 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Thaddeus Lowe. The Eagle Aloft. | Updated | 2002-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1859- | Pilot: | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Earliest known photo of an aerostat. |
| | Industry exhibition. Paris. |
| | Photo of dirigible constructed by Camille Vert |
| | Aerostat: | Camille Vert | Airship | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1998-06-07 |
| | Date: | 1859-07-02 | Pilot: | John Wise | 1808-1879 | USA |
| | Copilot: | John La Mountain | Passengers: | Mr Gager. Mr Hyde |
| | First flight over 1 000 km. |
| | St. Louis to Henderson. New York. |
| | Distance 809 mi (1302) or 1292 |
| | Aerostat: | The Atlantic | Gas Balloon | Volume | 3400 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1292 km | 803 miles | Duration: | 20 h | 40 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland P8. GB92 | Updated | 2001-10-22 |
| | Date: | 1859-09-22 | Pilot: | John La Mountain | 1830-1878 | USA |
| | Copilot: | J. A. Haddock | Passengers: |
| | Long distance flight. |
| | Watertown. New York to 150 miles north of Ottawa. |
| | Landed in Canadian wilderness. Returned after one month. |
| | Aerostat: | The Atlantic | Gas Balloon | Volume | 3400 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 410 km | 255 miles | Duration: | 14 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1861-04-20 | Pilot: | Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe | 1832-1913 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 1 000 miles. (False claim) |
| | Cincinnati to Pea Ridge. S Carolina. To prove possibility of Atlantic flight. |
| | False claim. Max 700km straight line. 1000km total. Intermediate landing 600 (800) km |
| | Aerostat: | Enterprise | Gas Balloon | Volume | 567 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1000 km | 621 miles | Duration: | 9 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 3300 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Thaddeus Lowe. The Eagle Aloft | Updated | 2002-03-02 |
| | Date: | 1861-06-18 | Pilot: | Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe | 1832-1913 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Herbert Robinson. telegraph operator | Passengers: |
| | First telegraph message from the air. |
| | To President Lincoln |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Enterprise | Gas Balloon | Volume | 567 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 1 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Thaddeus Lowe. The Eagle Aloft | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1861-07-16 | Pilot: | John Wise | 1808-1879 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First military aircraft. |
| | John Wise builds basket with sheet-iron floor. |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Wise | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1862-09-05 | Pilot: | James Glashier | 1809-1903 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Henry Tracey Coxwell | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 9 000 meters. |
| | From Wolverhampton |
| | Pilots loose consciousness but survive. FB p8: 10 000. H del'A: >8000 |
| | Aerostat: | Mammoth. Coal gas. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2634 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 9144 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland. History of Aeronautics in Great Britain | Updated | 1998-06-04 |
| | Date: | 1863-10-19 | Pilot: | Gaspard-Félix Tournachon ("Nadar") | 1820-1910 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Louis and Jules Godard | Passengers: | Mme Nadar. E d'Arnoult. Saint-Félix. de Montgolfier. Thirion |
| | Stormy flight by "Nadar's" "Le Geant". |
| | Paris to Hannover |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Le Geant | Gas Balloon | Volume | 6000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 398 miles | Duration: | 16 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland. The Aeronauts. Histoire de Ballons. Dollfus | Updated | 1996-10-27 |
| | Date: | 1864-06- | Pilot: | Eugène Godard | 1827-1890 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Ascents of "L'Aigle" 14 000 m3. |
| | In London 1965 |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Godard. L'Aigle | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 14000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Icare 105. History of Aeronautics in Great Britain | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1865-11-08 | Pilot: | Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe | 1832-1913 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Dr John F Boynton and his Fiancée |
| | First balloon honeymoon. |
| | Manhattan to Mt Vernon. NY |
| | Rev H. W. Beecher refused to perform the planned wedding ceremony aloft. |
| | Aerostat: | United States | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 20 km | 12 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Thaddeus Lowe. The Eagle Aloft | Updated | 1998-06-07 |
| | Date: | 1867- | Pilot: | Henri Giffard | 1825-1882 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Ballon Captif at Exposision Universelle in Paris |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Giffard. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 5000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire des Ballons. Histoire de L'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-10-27 |
| | Date: | 1868- | Pilot: | Henri Giffard | 1825-1882 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Ballon Captif in London |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Giffard. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 10500 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |