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1753 Jul 4 |
Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard (d.1809), French balloonist, was born. He made the 1st balloon flights in England and US. Links: France, Balloon 
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1783 Jun 4 |
The Montgolfier brothers launched their 1st hot-air balloon (unmanned) in a 10-minute flight over Annonay, France. Links: France, Balloon
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1783 Aug 27 |
The 1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned), made by Professor Jacques Charles, successfully completed its inaugural flight in Paris. Links: France, Balloon
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1783 Nov 21 |
Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1754-1785) and the Marquis d’Arlandes made the first free-flight ascent in a balloon, to over 500 feet, in Paris. Links: France, Aviation, Balloon
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1785 Jun 15 |
Two Frenchmen attempting to cross the English Channel in a hot-air balloon were killed when their balloon caught fire and crashed, in possibly the first fatal aviation accident. Links: France, Air Crash, Balloon
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1785 |
Major John Money (1752–1817) took off in a balloon from Norwich, in an attempt to raise money for the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He passed over Lowestoft at 6pm and came down about 18 miles (29 km) into the North Sea and was saved by a revenue cutter about five hours later. Links: Britain, Balloon
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1785 |
Lt. Col. John Money set up a British balloon observation corps, but it did not gain much support. Links: Britain, Balloon
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1793 Jan 9 |
The first US manned balloon flight occurred as Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard, using a hot-air balloon, flew between Philadelphia and Woodbury, N.J. He stayed airborne for 46 minutes, traveled close to 15 miles and set down at the "old Clement farm" in Deptford, New Jersey. [see Jun 23, 1784, Mar 9, 1793] Links: USA, France, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Balloon
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1794 Jun 26 |
The French defeated an Austrian army at the Battle of Fleurus. The French used a tethered balloon to observe the battlefield and direct artillery fire. Links: Austria, France, Aviation, Balloon
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1882 |
Park Van Tassel, a saloon owner in Albuquerque, NM, launched the city’s 1st gas balloon named “The city of Albuquerque.” Links: New Mexico, Balloon
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1885 |
In San Francisco Thomas Baldwin ascended in the basket of a hot-air balloon on the northern end of Ocean Beach and leaped out with a crude parachute. He landed safely in Golden Gate Park and received $1000, a dollar a foot, for the jump. Links: USA, SF, Balloon
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1897 Jul 14 |
Swede Saloman Andrée (b.1854)) and 2 accomplices, Knute Fraenkle and Nils Strindberg, in the Ornen balloon were forced down after 64 hours in the first expedition to fly by balloon from Spitsbergen across the North Pole. Their attempt to return ended on White Island. Their fate was only discovered Aug 5-6, 1930, by Norwegian whalers. Links: Arctic, Sweden, Balloon
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1960 Aug 16 |
American test pilot Joe Kittinger’s history-making parachute jump was from an altitude of 102,800 feet, or 19.3 miles. In a gondola lifted by a 360-foot helium balloon, Kittinger reached the highest altitude ever reached by man in nonpowered flight. His free fall lasted four minutes and 36 seconds and he became the first man to exceed the speed of sound without an aircraft or space vehicle. In 1984 Kittinger became the first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in a helium balloon alone. Links: USA, Aviation, Balloon, Jumper
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1964 Apr |
In Marin County, Ca., Danny Nowell (11) was caught by the hand on a hot-air balloon rope and went airborne for about 10 minutes and 2 miles before being rescued. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Balloon, Kids
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1971 |
Aviator Sid Cutter revived ballooning in Albuquerque, NM, to commemorate his mother’s birthday. The experience led him to invite balloonists from around the world for the 1st int’l. balloon festival. Links: USA, New Mexico, Balloon
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1972 Aug 21 |
Donald A. Cameron, British aeronaut, made the 1st hot air balloon flight over the Alps. Links: Britain, Balloon
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1978 Aug 17 |
The helium-filled balloon, Double Eagle II, crossed the Atlantic in 6 days. The first successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight ended as Americans Maxie Anderson, Ben Abruzzo and Larry Newman landed outside Paris. Links: USA, France, Aviation, Balloon
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1980 May 12 |
Maxie Anderson (45) and his son Kris (23) completed the 1st balloon crossing of the American continent as they landed their helium-filled balloon on Canada’s Gaspe Peninsula. Their journey began May 8 in Marin Ct., Ca. Links: Canada, USA, California, Balloon
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1981 May 17 |
Jeannette Ridlon Piccard (b.1895), American teacher and 1st US woman free balloon pilot, died. Links: USA, Balloon
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1981 Aug 6 |
Five people were killed and one seriously injured when a hot air balloon caught fire after touching electrical wires and crashed in a suburb of Chicago. Links: USA, Air Crash, Illinois, Balloon
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1981 Nov 12 |
The Double Eagle V landed in California 84 hours and 31 minutes following its Nov 10 launch in Japan. It was the 1st balloon to cross the Pacific ocean. Rocky Aoki (1938-2008), founder of the Benihana steakhouse (1964), was part of the crew. Links: USA, Japan, California, Aviation, Food, Balloon
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1982 Jul 2 |
Larry Walters (1949-1993), a Los Angeles truck driver, flew 16,000 feet into the air with 42 helium balloons attached to a lawn chair. Walters surprised an airline pilot, who radioed the control tower that he had just passed a guy in a lawn chair with a gun. The weapon was to shoot balloons and descend. Walters paid a $1,500 penalty for violating air traffic rules. Eleven years later, he committed suicide at age 44. Links: USA, California, Suicide, Aviation, Balloon
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1982 Aug 3 |
An explosion on board a hot air balloon carrying 9 people at a festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico, killed four people and injured five. Links: USA, Air Crash, New Mexico, Balloon
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1983 Jun 27 |
Maxie Anderson and Don Ida died in West Germany during a balloon race. Links: USA, Germany, Balloon
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1986 Sep 27 |
Ohio's city of Cleveland released 1.5 million helium-filled balloons over the city as part of a fundraiser for United Way. The balloons were promptly brought down by a storm wreaking havoc on the city for weeks to come. Links: USA, Ohio, Balloon
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1987 Jul 3 |
Two men became the first hot-air balloon travelers to cross the Atlantic. British millionaire Richard Branson and Swedish-born Per Lindstrand, the balloon's designer, were forced to jump into the sea as their craft went down off the coast of Scotland. Links: Britain, Sweden, Scotland, Balloon
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1989 Aug 13 |
Thirteen people were killed when their hot air balloon collided with another over the Australian outback near the town of Alice Springs. The two balloons were flying at an altitude of 600 meters when one plunged to the ground after the collision. Links: Australia, Air Crash, Balloon
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1990 Oct 6 |
Four people were killed in a balloon crash at Gaenserndorf, near Vienna. Links: Austria, Air Crash, Balloon
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1990 Dec 11 |
Four people died near downtown Columbus, Ohio, after their hot air balloon hit a television tower and deflated. Links: USA, Air Crash, Ohio, Balloon
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1993 Jul 4 |
A Pizza Hut blimp deflated & landed safely on W 56th street in NYC. Links: USA, NYC, Balloon
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1993 Aug 8 |
Six people were killed when their balloon hit a power line near Aspen, Colorado, tearing off the basket and sending it plunging 30 meters to the ground. Links: USA, Air Crash, Colorado, Balloon
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1995 Feb 21 |
Chicago stockbroker Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon, landing in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada. Links: Canada, Chicago, Balloon, Pacific Ocean
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1995 Sep 12 |
The Belarussian military border guards shot down a hydrogen balloon during an international race, killing its two American pilots. Links: Belarus, USA, Balloon
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1996 Jan 31 |
In Switzerland 5 people died in the Bernese Alps when their hot air balloon crashed into a mountainside at a height of 2,400 meters. Links: Switzerland, Air Crash, Balloon
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1997 Jan 19 |
Balloonist Steve Foster ended his attempt to circle the globe and landed in India as he ran out of gas in his Solo Spirit balloon. He had covered 9,000 miles and floated for 6 days, 2 hours and 54 minutes. Links: India, Balloon
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1998 Jan 5 |
Balloonist Steve Fosset was forced down in Russia after completing 7,300 miles in four days in his effort to circle the globe. Links: Russia, Balloon
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1998 Jan 28 |
From Switzerland 3 balloonists set out to circle the globe in the Breitling Orbiter 2. They failed to get clearance from flying over China in time and were forced down in Burma on Feb 7 after traveling a record 4,730 miles. Links: Switzerland, Balloon
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1998 Aug 7 |
Steve Fossett departed from western Argentina on his 4th attempt to circle the world in a balloon. Links: Argentina, Balloon
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1998 Aug 11 |
Steve Fossett (54) became the first man to cross the south Atlantic in a balloon. He was on his 4th attempt to float around the world. Links: Balloon
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1998 Aug 16 |
Steve Fossett ran into heavy storms and plunged with his balloon into the Coral Sea, 500 miles from Queensland, Australia. Links: Balloon
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1998 Dec 18 |
The ICO Challenger balloon with Richard Branson, Steve Fossett and Per Lindstrand left Marrakesh, Morocco, in an attempt to circumnavigate the globe. Links: Morocco, Balloon
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1998 Dec 20 |
Balloonists Fossett, Branson and Per Lindstrand successfully ran through a thunderstorm to avoid traveling over Iraq, Russia and Iran. Links: Balloon
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1998 Dec 25 |
Seven days into their journey, American millionaire Steve Fossett, British mogul Richard Branson and Per Lindstrom of Sweden set down their ICO Global Challenger balloon in the Pacific near Honolulu. This ended their latest effort to circumnavigate the world. Links: Britain, USA, Sweden, Balloon
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1999 Feb 17 |
Andy Elson (45) and Colin Prescot (48) of England launched a balloon attempt to circle the globe from Almeria in southern Spain. Links: Spain, Britain, Balloon
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1999 Mar 1 |
Balloonists Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland and Brian Jones of Britain took off from the Swiss Alps in an attempt to circle the globe. Links: Switzerland, Balloon
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1999 Mar 19 |
Balloonists Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones were expected to complete their circumnavigation of the globe and planned to land in Egypt. [see Mar 20] Links: Egypt, Balloon
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1999 Mar 20 |
Balloonists Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland and Brian Jones of Britain became the first aviators to fly a hot-air balloon around the world nonstop. They established an around the world record after floating over Mauritania at 1:54 a.m. PST and won a $1 million prize from Anheuser-Busch as the first aviators to fly a hot-air balloon around the world nonstop. Links: Britain, Switzerland, Balloon
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1999 Mar 21 |
Balloonists Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones landed their Breitling Orbiter 3 north of Mut, Egypt, a day after setting their around the world record. Links: Egypt, Balloon
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1999 Jun 17 |
In Germany 4 passengers were killed when their hot air balloon hit a power line near Ibbenburen. Links: Germany, Air Crash, Balloon
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1999 Dec 31 |
The $500,000 Anheuser-Busch prize to the first person of team to circle the globe in a balloon expires. An additional $500,000 goes to a charity of the winner’s choice. Links: Balloon
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2000 Mar 3 |
Kevin Uliassi landed in Burma on the 10th day of his attempt to circle the globe as a solo balloonist. Links: , Balloon
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2001 Aug 4 |
Steve Fossett launched his 5th bid to circle the globe in an unpressurized gondola from Australia. He set a duration record on Aug 16 over Argentina. Links: Australia, Balloon
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2001 Aug 17 |
Balloonist Steve Fossett was forced down by bad weather in Brazil after traveling 12,695 miles. Links: Australia, Brazil, Balloon
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2001 Aug 26 |
In the French Alps a hot-air balloon caught fire after apparently hitting a high voltage wire and 6 people were killed. Links: France, Air Crash, Balloon
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2002 Jun 19 |
American adventurer Steve Fossett launched his latest solo round-the-world balloon trip from Australia, his silver balloon rising over this western farming town after a long delay caused by surface winds. Links: Australia, Balloon
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2002 Jul 2 |
Steve Fossett became the 1st person to fly a balloon solo around the world. On his 6th attempt he completed the journey in 13 days, 12 hours, 16 minutes and 13 seconds. He departed from Australia Jun 19 and covered an estimated 19,428 miles. Links: Australia, Balloon
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2002 Jul 3 |
Over Australia balloonist Steve Fossett was forced to spend an extra night in the air as the winds that helped him become the first person to fly solo around the world bedeviled the final stage of his voyage. Links: Australia, Balloon
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2002 Jul 4 |
In Australia Steve Fossett launched Independence Day celebrations early when his Spirit of Freedom balloon ended its record-breaking flight around the world. Links: Australia, Balloon
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2005 Nov 26 |
Vijaypat Singhania (67), an Indian textile millionaire, apparently broke the world record for the highest flight in a hot air balloon. His son Gautam Singhania said the 44-ton balloon climbed nearly 70,000 feet. The previous world record was 64,997 feet, set by Sweden's Per Lindstrand in Plano, Texas, in June 1988. Links: India, World Record, Balloon
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2007 Jul 7 |
In Oregon Kent Couch (47) in his lawn chair with some snacks and a parachute rose to the sky under 105 large helium balloons. Nearly 9 hours later the gas station owner came back to earth in a farmer's field near Union, 193 miles from home. In September he had gotten off the ground for six hours. Links: USA, Oregon, Balloon
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