First tethered manned balloon flight
- When
- around October 1783
- Where
- Reveillon workshop yard, Faubourg Saint-Antoine
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier made the first balloon flight with humans aboard, a tethered ascent from the Reveillon workshop yard, on or around 15 October 1783.
After the Montgolfier brothers' unmanned demonstrations and flights with animals, the first balloon flight with humans aboard was a tethered flight performed on or around 15 October 1783 by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier. He made at least one tethered ascent from the yard of the Reveillon workshop in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, later reaching an altitude of 26 m (85 ft), the length of the tether.
Sources
- Hot air balloon Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-26
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