CIA NOTABLE FLIGHTS Part L. First national flights
1731-11-17 First manned balloon flight according to Russian claims.

Mr. Kriakoutny Balloon made of Ox-hides

1783-11-21 First recorded manned flight.

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton.

1783-12-01 First human flight in a gas balloon.

Jacques Alexandre César Charles Charlière No 2. Varnished silk. Hydrogen

1784-02-25 First free balloon flight in Italy

Paul Andreani

1784-06-24 First free balloon flight in USA.

Edward Warren

1784-07-07 First flight in Austria

J. G. Stuwer

1784-08-25 First hot air balloon flight in Great Britain

James Tytler Hot air envelope

1784-09-15 First flight with a gas balloon in Great Britain

Vincent Lunardi

1785-01-19 First ascent in Ireland

Richard Crosbie Crosbie hydrogen balloon

1785-07-11 First ascent in Holland

Jean-Pierre Blanchard Blanchard. hydrogen

1785-10-03 First free balloon flight in Germany

Jean-Pierre Blanchard Blanchard. Hydrogen balloon.

1785-10-20 First balloon flight in Belgium

Jean-Pierre Blanchard Blanchard. Hydrogen balloon.

1788-05-05 First balloon flight in Switzerland

Jean-Pierre Blanchard Hydrogen balloon

1790-05-14 First flight in Poland (at that time a part of Russia)

Jean-Pierre Blanchard Blanchard. hot air balloon

1790-08-12 First ascent in Spain

Vincent Lunardi

1790-10-31 First ascent in Czechoslovakia

Jean-Pierre Blanchard Blanchard. hot air balloon

1793-01-09 First free flight in USA by Blanchard

Jean-Pierre Blanchard Blanchard. Hydrogen balloon.

1794-08-24 First ascent in Portugal

Vincent Lunardi Gas balloon

1803-10-04 First flight in Russia. first over 300 km.

André Jacques Garnerin Hydrogen balloon

1803 Demonstration of a hot air balloon in Lithuania

Jordaki Kuparentko

1804-08-18 First manned gas balloon flight in Latvia

Etienne Gaspar Robertson Hydrogen Balloon

1806-09-07 First gas balloon flight in Sweden

Etienne Gaspar Robertson Hydrogen balloon

1809 First manned gas balloon flight in Latvia

Etienne Gaspar Robertson Hydrogen

1835-02-12 First ascent in Mexico

Eugene Robertson

1845-06-12 First ascent in Turkey

Antonio Comaschi

1877-05-21 First gas balloon flight in Japan. tethered

Baba Shimpachi Homebuilt gas balloon. hydrogen

1882-07-04 First balloon flight in New Mexico

Park A. Van Tassel "City of Albuquerque". Coal gas

1894 First Hot Air Balloon in Switzerland

Ludwig Knie

1902-09-22 First successful airship in Britain

Stanley Spencer Spencer. "Evening News". 3 hp Sims

1912-09-19 First flight with a gas airship over Sweden

Zeppelin LZ13. "Hansa"

1946-09-28 First "modern" Hot Air Balloon flight in Switzerland

Ernst Huber Emmer. "Forsanose". HB-BIR

1966-08-20 First modern European Hot Air Balloon

Veikko Kaseva Homebuilt. OH-XVK

1966-08-29 First modern British built HAB makes free flight. almost intentional

J.C. Turner Smithills Tech. School "Smithill". G-ATLU

1967-07-09 First controlled free flight by modern British built HAB

Gerry Turnbull Hot Air Group "Bristol Belle". G-AVTL

1968-08-19 First free flight with Hot Air Balloon in Sweden

Per Arne Terrs Lundahl Piccard AX6. "Emilie". SE-ZZA

1969-09-28 First Hot Air Balloon free flight in Japan

Atsuo Tanaka Homebuilt "Icarus no 5". JAA-001

1970-11-29 First manned balloon over Malta.

Terence A. Adams

1973-01-04 First successful flight of a Hot Air Airship. Bristol.

Donald A. Cameron Cameron D96.

1973-06-18 First Hot Air Balloon flight at Spitsbergen

Björn Hansen Cameron O-84. SE-ZZT. "Andrea"

1973-10-30 First Hot Air Balloon flight in Turkey

Jan Balkedal Cameron O-84. "Gabriella". SE-ZZX

1974-01-02 First Hot Air Balloon flight in Ethiopia

Dan Anderson Cameron O-84. "Ruth". SE-ZZZ

1976-02-18 First Hot Air Airship flight in Switzerland

Kurt Rünzi Raven. "Verkehrshaus Luzern". N1701X

1977-04-04 First flight with a Hot Air Airship in Sweden

Jan Balkedal Cameron DS-140. "Hammlätt". G-BEHI. later SE-ZAA

1979-09-16 Escaped from East Germany in a homebuilt hot air balloon

Hans-Peter Strelzyk Homebuilt

1980-05-12 First North America coast to coast flight.

Maxie Leroy Anderson Yost polyester. "Kitty Hawk"

1981-10-11 First US coast to coast flight.

John Shoecraft Raven polyester. "Super Chicken III"

1988-02-27 Foundation of Lithuanian Ballooning Association


1990-05-09 First Japanese balloon over Himalaya

Michio Kanda Cameron A-250. JAA-456

1991-06-22 First flight in Mongolia

Jun-ichi Sudo Ultra Magic AX-8. JAA-371

1994-06-21 First flight with Rozière Balloon in Sweden

Jan Balkedal Cameron R-36. G-ROZY

1994-06-21 First flight with Rozière Balloon in Denmark

Jan Balkedal Cameron R-36. G-ROZY

1994-07-15 First flight with Rozière Balloon in Norway

Hans Åkerstedt Cameron R-36. G-ROZY

1995-11-12 First balloon flight over Borneo

Karl-Gustav "K-G" Silverstolpe Cameron 105. SE-ZEL

1995-12-12 First free balloon flight on the Antarctic continent

Bill Arras "Jimi" N51158

2000-xx-xx First flight in Madagascar

Peter Blaser Boland 50000


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2024-03-29