No testing was possible except to hike to the top of the highest mountain. What if the balloon could fly higher than mountains? Could man survive that high? Nobody knew the answer so the King of France proposed a test using prisoners, instead the Montgolfiers suspended a basket below the balloon containing a duck, a rooster and a sheep. The idea was to use animals with different physiology and lung capacity. French king, Marie Antoinette and a crowd of , witnessed the balloon with the animal passengers launch on Sept.
It was a short flight lasting only 8 minutes, travel approximately 2 miles with landing safely at the edge of the city. The first test a balloon with a man as the passenger was on Oct. The balloon was secured to the ground on a tether. On Nov. The to Men launched from the center of Paris flying about 5. Benjamin Franklin was in attendance and wrote in his journal about witnessing the balloon take off:.
When it reached around feet in altitude, the intrepid voyagers lowered their hats to salute the spectators. We could not help feeling a certain mixture of awe and admiration. A huge balloon built by the Montgolfiers carried seven passengers as high as 3, feet on Jan. The first flight of the brothers in hot air balloon was experienced the June 4th, on the Place des Cordeliers in Annonay. In the same year, the very first passengers of a hot air balloon were a duck, a rooster and a sheep taking off from Versailles, in front of the King Louis XVI and his court.
The three animals have made a climb up to meters. Damaged by a rip in the fabric, it descended slowly eight minutes later after travelling 3.
The sheep, duck and cockerel were hailed as 'heroes of the air' and, as a reward, were given a place in the Menagerie in Versailles by Louis XVI. The ladder up to the basket was now ready for the first human feet. A new page had been written in the history of mankind. Revise your French history with help from the artworks of the Palace of Versailles! Through our new partnership with the French American Cultural Foundation, American citizens can easily support the Palace of Versailles.
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