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The first successful balloon flight of Jean-Pierre François Blanchard (1753 – 1809) on 2 March 1784, in a hydrogen gas balloon launched from the Champ de Mars, Paris, France
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The first successful balloon flight of Jean-Pierre François Blanchard ( 1753 – 1809) on 2 March 1784, in a hydrogen gas balloon launched from the Champ de Mars, Paris, France. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870