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 Date: 2013-05-09 10:04:13Hot air balloon Balloon Hopper balloon Montgolfier brothers Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier Union Army Balloon Corps Parachute Hot air ballooning Ed Yost Aviation Aeronautics Ballooning |
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The first clearly recorded instances of balloons capable of carrying passengers used hot air to obtain buoyancy and were built by the brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier in Annonay, France. These broth