Wikipedia: first balloon boys...(in a new history of flight from Smithsonian, it begins here)

[Kevin Dunn]

Our president John Adams was in attendance, among others, for this  
exposition of the future of human flight.

Kevin

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On Mar 16, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Today's featured picture
> A 1786 depiction of the first hot air balloon to carry humans, built  
> by the Montgolfier brothers of Annonay, France. The flight occurred  
> on 21 November 1783 from the grounds of the Château de la Muette in  
> the western outskirts of Paris. Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, a p 
> hysician, and François Laurent d'Arlandes, an army officer, flew alo 
> ft about 3,000 feet (910 m) above the city for a distance of 9 kilom 
> etres (5.6 mi), with a total flying time of 25 minutes.Artist: Unknown
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