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PIONEER
Jean Pierre Blanchard (Fr.) and Dr. J. Jeffries (U.S.)
made first ballon flight across English Channel, Dover
to Calais, January 7, 1785.
BALLOONISTS
Francisque Arban, French aeronaut, made first flight
over the Alps, Marseille, France to Turin, Italy in
8 hours on October 7, 1849.
First Gordon Bennett Balloon Race
Paris, 1906
First person in
Jean F. P.
November
Paris
Won by Lieut. (later Gen.) Frank P. Lahm, Maj. H. B.
Hershey, co-pilot. Paris to Yorkshire, England. (Over
channel at night.)
First Flight across the Andes.
Captain Angel M. Zuloaga, with Eduardo Bradley,
flew from Santiago de Chile to Uspallata, Argentina
on June 24, 1916 reaching 8,100 meters with -33 degree
temperature,
balloon ascent
de Rozier
21, 1783
Saludos a
Brig. Angel M. Zuloaga!
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