Who were the Montgolfier brothers?
The Montgolfier brothers wee Joseph and Etienne two brothers in France who made aviation history with their hot air balloons in 1783. They were convinced that the same kind of heated air which sent pieces of paper wafting up in a chimney from their home fire could also lift men into the air. They succeeded in their experiments in 1783. Their balloon was made of linen lined with paper, and filled with hot air from a straw and wool fire.
Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette witnessed the first flight by living creatures at Versailles when the brothers sent a sheep, a duck, and a rooster into the air in a basket suspended from their balloon. A month later the first person to fly, Pilatre de Rozier went up in a Montgolfier balloon.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Who were the Montgolfier brothers?
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