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It was in 1783, that the Montgolfier Brothers invented a hot air balloon which saw the first ever non-tethered manned flight ...

In November, Hemeria and CNES tested a first Balman from Kourou, the spaceport CNES operates in French Guiana. The 3-hr.

The Federal Aviation Administration has presented Akron balloonist Michael C. Emich with the Wright Brothers Master Pilot ...

Carlincourt Lowe, aeronautics chief of the Union Army, who had held them as a personal trophy after the close of the war. In 1859 Professor Lowe,* meteorologist and inventor, built the balloon ...

Never before had a human, let alone a duck, flown in a balloon. The year was 1783, a milestone year for aviation—the dream of flying had finally been realized. On October 15th of that year ...

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Friday that the cauldron balllon is set to return to the French capital every year ...

The Egyptian Ministry of Aviation on Tuesday issued a statement after a hot air balloon that was carrying foreign tourists in Luxor Governorate, southern Upper Egypt was forced to make an emergency ...

You go where the nature tells you." Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority issued a notice for the skies over Pokhara for a duration of nine days to allow balloon flights. Although more than two ...