Jean Pierre François Blanchard was a major pioneer in the barely 10-year-old technology of lighter-than-air flight. He made his first ascent in a balloon he built himself on March 2, 1784, just a few ...

In the 25 years that he flew balloons, the cost of a new balloon rose from less than $6,800 to as much as $28,000. The cost of a balloon ride was about $125 per hour. Barth piloted the Parkvale ...

On October 15th of that year, a few months after the duck's historic flight, a balloon, 'Aerostat Reveillon,' launched in France, carrying scientist Pilatre De Rozier, and rose to the end of its ...

Two days later, he was successful. And there was a third flight, outdoors, next to the Casa do Forte edifice – the balloon rose up high and fell after a while, when the fire went out. The first two ...