Today is: Hot Air Balloon Day
Hot air balloons are the oldest form of technology to carry humans aloft, with the first human flight taking place in November 1783 in Paris, France. Prior to humans taking flight, three farm animals, which some sources say were a pig, duck and rooster, took to the sky in June 1783. This flight lasted 10 minutes and the balloon went up approximately 6,000 feet. This balloon was created by the Montgolfier brothers out of sackcloth and paper. Hot air balloons consist of an envelope, which is a large balloon-like bag containing heated low-density air which causes the hot air balloon to rise; and a gondola, which holds the passengers as well as the device that creates the hot air that rises into the envelope.
Source: Checkiday.com
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