Hi everyone, my name is Thu Ha, that is Phuc, Tran Chau, Duc Long and

Ha Trang. Today we are going to tell you about the history of the hot air
balloon. First, Hot air balloon has only been around for a little over 2
centuries, but it has a rich history filled with many important events. The
history of ballooning is the history of flight because humans first achieved
flight with balloons.

 On 19th of Sep, 1783 – The first hot air balloon was launched by a French
scientist named Pilatre De Rozier and was called “Aerostat Reveillon.” The
balloon carried 3 passengers—a rooster, a duck, and a sheep— and was
only in the air for 15 minutes before crashing back to the ground.

– Just two months later, 2 French brothers—Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier

—attempted the first manned flight. They launched their balloon in Paris and
the flight lasted 20 minutes, birthing hot air balloon

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 In 1785 – Jean Pierre Blanchard, a French balloonist, and John Jefferies,
his American co-pilot, became the first person to ever fly a gas balloon
across the English Channel.
 This marked one of the longest distances a balloon had ever flown and was
a major step toward long-distance balloon travel.

 In that same year, Pilatre De Rozier, died while also trying to cross the
English Channel.
 His balloon exploded shortly after take-off on account of his experimental
design of using a hot air balloon and a hydrogen balloon tied together.

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 January 7th, 1793 – Jean Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly a
hot air balloon in North America, with President George Washington
watching the launch.

 For the next 150 years, hot air balloon was overtaken by gas
ballooning and the practice of flying via hot air balloon was all but
abandoned.

 1950s – A man named Ed Yost worked to revive hot air balloon by

engineering a redesigned fueling system that would allow balloons to fly for
longer distances and become more maneuverable.
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 October 22, 1960 – Ed Yost launched the first modern hot air balloon flight
in Bruning, Nebraska, which lasted for 1 hour and 35 minutes.

 About 12 years later – Sid Cutter organized a gathering of 13 balloons in

Albuquerque, New Mexico.
 This event would go on to become the Albuquerque International Balloon
Fiesta, which the largest balloon event in the world.

 1987 – Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand became the first people in
history to cross the Atlantic in a hot air balloon, flying 2,900 miles in 33 hours

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 1991 – Branson and Lindstrand re-teamed to cross the Pacific in a hot air
balloon.
 Their flight launched from Japan and traveled to Canada, flying 6,700 miles
in 47 hours.
 Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones took things further on the 1st March
1999 by flying around the world in the Breitling Orbiter 3, covering
46,759km in 19 days, 21 hours and 55 minutes!

 Balloons using a combination of helium and hot air are now used for
many long distance flights such as the around the world flight of Steve
Fossett in his balloon, “Bud Light Spirit of Freedom” on June 19, 2002.

 Fossett launched from Northam, Western Australia in a seventh and

successful attempt to be the first person to circumnavigate the globe solo
in a balloon.
 Fourteen days, 19 hours and 51 minutes later he landed in the Eastern
Australian Outback.

 2011 – The Anderson-Abruzzo International Balloon Museum in

Albuquerque, New Mexico becomes the home of the International
Ballooning Hall of Fame to commemorate the history of hot air balloon and
all those who have played an important role.

 Today, hot air balloons have become popular and are present
everywhere in the world. We can access them more easily than before.

 Current applications of hot air balloons are mostly used for high-end
tourism and travel services, search and rescue activities, or surveillance
 activities, so airships can be used in missions, long-term research
activities on climate change.
 Around the world, hot air balloon travel is one of the services that
customers love and are 99% satisfied.
 Customers celebrate birthday parties, weddings, and corporate parties.

 Traveling by hot air balloon is also very popular with couples.

 Nowadays, there are many hot air balloon festivals held around the world.

 Such as the Bristol International Balloon Festival, and the Albuquerque

International Balloon Festival, with more than 500 "giant balloons" of all
shapes and colors.
 That's the history of hot air balloons. We hope you can understand some
more about them and learn more interesting knowledge. If you know
anything else about hot air balloons, please share them with us. Have a
nice day and goodbyeee