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BALLOONS &DIRIGIBLES. A INTRODUCTION TO AERO TECH DEVELOPMENT. FRENCH BROTHERS. On 25 th April 1783 launched the first true hot air balloon in annonay, France . That rose 305mt before air cooled
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BALLOONS &DIRIGIBLES A INTRODUCTION TO AERO TECH DEVELOPMENT
FRENCH BROTHERS On 25th April 1783 launched the first true hot air balloon in annonay, France . That rose 305mt before air cooled On 19th October 1783 in command performance took at the court of Versailles. The first passengers of that flight are sheep, duck and rooster. Joseph Michael Montgolfier
FRANCOIS FILATRE DE ROZIER&MARQUIS D'ARLANDS First human passenger and pilots for hot air balloons Rozier alone drifted 25.6m on 15th October 1783 A month later both made a flight of 8.5km in 25min
Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles • Hot air was replaced by hydrogen • Hydrogen has very less weight when compared to air • On 25th August 1783 he demonstrated a hydrogen balloon successfully • This act was witnessed by Benjamin Franklin witnessed this event and immediately wrote to scientists of U.S about importance of balloons • On December 1783 Charles and his assistant made a flight of 43km from the garden of the Tuilleries Paris • It is witnessed by 4,00,000 spectators
Jane Pierre Blanchard One of the most noticeable person in the history of aeronautical history First person to cross English channel and first to fly He is a barnstormer and experimenter He was first to attempt controlled flight with sails and rudders
Sopie Blanchard First women pilot She started flying in 1805 She made 59 ascents and put fir works from her hydrogen balloon
Blanchard First woman pilot
ZEPPELINS Count Ferdinand von zeppelin the inventor of zeppelin The first person to realize the importance of rigid body to the dirigibles He was the citizen of Friedrichshafen On 2nd July 1900 the dirigibles came into existence with full design and they had their flight until the out brake of 1st world war LZ-127 was ultimate airship it had covered a distance of 1.5 million kilometers