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Aktungbby · 01-10-15, 01:41 AM

1793: Pierre Blanchard conducted the first balloon flight in the Americas. He launched his balloon from Philadelphia, PA and landed in Deptford, New Jersey. (8 miles?) One of the flight's witnesses that day was President George Washington, and the future presidents: John Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe. Also in 1793, aeronautical showman M. Blanchard was- allegedly- the first to escape his ruptured Hydrogen filled balloon using a parachute (unwitnessed)- heretofore used only with dogs to demonstrate the newly invented device; He had developed the first foldable parachute made from silk, up until that point all parachutes were made with rigid frames.

If true...necessity can engender a sudden serious case of

GUTS!!! IMHO!

01-10-15, 01:41 AM	#554
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,099 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	First flight in the United States. 1793: Pierre Blanchard conducted the first balloon flight in the Americas. He launched his balloon from Philadelphia, PA and landed in Deptford, New Jersey. (8 miles?) One of the flight's witnesses that day was President George Washington, and the future presidents: John Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe. Also in 1793, aeronautical showman M. Blanchard was- allegedly- the first to escape his ruptured Hydrogen filled balloon using a parachute (unwitnessed)- heretofore used only with dogs to demonstrate the newly invented device; He had developed the first foldable parachute made from silk, up until that point all parachutes were made with rigid frames. If true...necessity can engender a sudden serious case of GUTS!!! IMHO! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!