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de:Montgolfier The Montgolfier brothers, Joseph Michel Montgolfier (August 26, 1740 - June 26, 1810) and Jacques Étienne Montgolfier (January 6, 1745 - August 2, 1799), inventors of the montgolfière.

The sons of a paper manufacturer at Annonay, south of Lyon, France, when playing with inverted paper bags over open fire they found that the bags rose to the ceiling. This led them to experiment further with larger bags made of other materials. During 1782 they tested indoors with silk and linen.

On December 14, 1782 they succeeded in an outdoor launch of an 18 m&sup3 silk bag, which reached an altitude of 250 m. Their first true balloon,

On June 5, 1783, as a first public demonstration, they sent up at Annonay, near Lyon, an 900 m linen bag inflated with hot air. Its flight covered 2 km and lasted 10 minutes, to an esimated altitude of 1600 - 2000 m.

The subsequent test sent up the first living beings in a nacelle attached to the balloon: a sheep, a duck and a cockerel, to ascertain the affects of the air at higher altitude. This was performed at Versailles, before Louis XVI of France, to gain his permission for a trial human flight.

An ascension in a fixed balloon took place around October 15 (12 or 14 according to Montgolfier), to an altitude of 26 m.

On November 21, 1783, the first free flight by humans was made by Pilâtre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes who flew aloft for 25 minutes about 100 metres above Paris for a distance of nine kilometres.

This was followed by further flights, including a crossing of the English Channel on January 1, 1885.

Only one of the brothers ever flew himself in a balloon, and only once.

Hot air balloons soon were surpassed by gas balloons and did not return until the 1960s when propane gas became available as a practical fuel.

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+The '''Montgolfier brothers''', '''Joseph Michel Montgolfier''' ([[August 26]], [[1740]] - [[June 26]], [[1810]]) and '''Jacques Étienne Montgolfier'''  ([[January 6]], [[1745]] - [[August 2]], [[1799]]), [[inventor]]s of the '''montgolfière'''.
-Joseph Michel Montgolfier (August 26, 1740 - June 26, 1810) and Jacques Étienne Montgolfier  (January 6, 1745 - August 2, 1799) were sons of a paper manufacturer at [[Annonay]], south of [[Lyon]], [[France]]. When playing with inverted paper bags over open fire they found that the bags rose to the ceiling.
+The sons of a paper manufacturer at [[Annonay]], south of [[Lyon]], [[France]], when playing with inverted [[paper]] bags over open fire they found that the bags rose to the ceiling. This led them to experiment further with larger bags made of other materials. During [[1782]] they tested indoors with silk and linen.
-On June 5, 1783, they sent up at Annonay, near [[Lyon]], a large linen bag inflated with hot air; its flight covered more than a mile and lasted 10 min. In the same year such a balloon (called a ''Montgolfière'' after the inventors) sailed over Paris in the first manned free balloon flight demonstration made at the royal court in [[Versailles]] in August, [[1783]].
+On [[December 14]], [[1782]] they succeeded in an outdoor launch of an 18 m&sup3 silk bag, which reached an altitude of 250 m. Their first true balloon,
+On [[June 5]], [[1783]], as a first public demonstration, they sent up at Annonay, near [[Lyon]], an 900 m linen bag inflated with hot air. Its flight covered 2 km and lasted 10 minutes, to an esimated altitude of 1600 - 2000 m.
+The subsequent test sent up the first living beings in a nacelle attached to the balloon: a sheep, a duck and a cockerel, to ascertain the affects of the air at higher altitude. This was performed at [[Versailles]], before [[Louis XVI of France]], to gain his permission for a trial human flight.
+An ascension in a fixed balloon  took place around [[October 15]] (12 or 14 according to Montgolfier), to an altitude of 26 m.
+On [[November 21]], [[1783]], the first free flight by humans was made by [[Pilâtre de Rozier]] and [[Marquis d'Arlandes]] who flew aloft for 25 minutes about 100 metres above Paris for a distance of nine kilometres.
+This was followed by further flights, including a crossing of the [[English Channel]] on [[January 1]], [[1885]].
 Only one of the brothers ever flew himself in a balloon, and only once.
-The first manned ascent was made in one of their balloons on [[November 21]], [[1783]], by [[Pilâtre de Rozier]] and [[Marquis d'Arlandes]] who flew aloft for 25 minutes about 100 metres above Paris for a distance of nine kilometres.
 [[Hot air balloon]]s soon were surpassed by gas balloons and did not return until the [[1960s]] when propane gas became available as a practical fuel.