THIS SOUVENIR POST CARD OF THE
FIRST AERIAL ASCENSION BY MAN
COMES TO YOU FROM THE
65TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF THE
RUBBER CITY STAMP CLUB
AKRON, OHIO
TAKEN FROM A PRINT IN THE PAUL TISSANDIER
COLLECTION IN PARIS,
AND TINTED FOR ADDED EFFECT.
STA
EX
RCSC
AKRON
THE SUCCESS TWO MONTHS EARLIER OF A BALLOON AS-
CENSION WITH ANIMALS ABOARD LED TO APPROVAL BY KING
LOUIS XVI FOR TWO MEN TO ATTEMPT A SIMILAR FLIGHT. THIS
TIME THE MONTGOLIFIERE BROTHERS BUILT A LARGER
BALLOON TO CARRY THE TWO VOLUNTEERS, PILATRE DE
ROSIER AND THE MARQUIS D' ARLANDES.
DEPARTING FROM THE GARDEN OF THE KING'S CHATEAU
LAMUETTE ON NOVEMBER 21, 1783 THE BALLON WAS ESTI-
MATED TO HAVE RISEN TO ABOUT 3,000 FEET. THE FLIGHT
LASTED TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES, TERMINATING IN A FIELD
ABOUT 5 MILES DISTANT.
MAN HAD ACHIEVED HIS DREAM!
THIS CARD IS NO. II IN A SERIES ON THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT
OF LIGHTER-THAN-AIR CRAFT.
OH
29
44309
1861
* 3 NOV
Explorer. 35
20c
