Hot-air balloon
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The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology. It is in a class of aircraft known as balloon aircraft. On November 21, 1783, in Annonay, France, the first untethered manned flight was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes in a hot air balloon created on December 14, 1782 by the Montgolfier brothers. Hot air balloons that can be propelled through the air rather than just being pushed along by the wind are known as airships or, more specifically, thermal airships.
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See also
- Aviation
- Balloon satellite
- Barrage balloon
- Cinebulle
- Cluster ballooning
- Espionage balloon
- Early flying machines
- High altitude balloon
- History of military ballooning
- Hot air balloon festival
- Lighter than air
- List of balloon uses
- Blimp
- Observation balloon
- Research balloon
- Sky lantern
- Skyhook balloon
- Zeppelin
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