Biographies from the 1710s
✈️ Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1718) - French teacher, physicist, and pioneer balloonist, one of the first men to fly in a balloon.
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Further Reading
- Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Men fly over Paris in hot air balloon | November 21, 1783 | HISTORY (history.com)
- First Hot-Air Balloon Flight | Space (space.com)
- History Of Ballooning - National Balloon Museum (nationalballoonmuseum.com)
- Jean-Francois Pilâtre de Rozier - Linda Hall Library (lindahall.org)
- Great Explorers: Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (explorersweb.com)
- Hot air balloon first flight: it was 236 years ago… | Pilâtre de Rozier ... (pilatre-de-rozier.com)
- The First Hot Air Balloon Passengers - History Oasis (historyoasis.com)
- June 1783 hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy (alamy.com)