This isn't just a load of hot air. Historians tell us that the first balloon to carry passengers was built by the brothers Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier and…
The first successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight was completed on this date in 1978, as Maxie Anderson, Ben Abruzzo and Larry Newman landed their Double Eagle II outside Paris. Here are some facts about hot-air ballooning, the mode of transport first developed by French papermaking brothers Joseph
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Airplanes aren't the only aircraft that can cross the Atlantic. Many people know the life and story of Amelia Earhart, an American aviator that took to the skies to become the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.