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Hot-Air


1989 2 hot-air balloon crash at Alice Springs Australia, 13 killed

1987 2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic

1980 Julian Nott sets world hot-air balloon altitude record (16,806 m)

1793 1st hot-air balloon flight in the U.S. lifts off in Philadelphia

1783 Montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon, unmanned

1709 1st known ascent in hot-air balloon, Bartolomeu de Gusmao (indoors)


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