First hot air balloon test flight
- When
- 14 December 1782
- Where
- France, exact site unsourced
- Part of
- First hot air balloon flight
On 14 December 1782 the Montgolfier brothers conducted their first test flight, using ignited wool and hay as fuel for the balloon.
On 14 December 1782 the Montgolfier brothers conducted their first test flight of a hot air balloon, using ignited wool and hay as fuel. The legacy record dated this event to 14 November 1782 in Avignon; the retrieved passage instead gives 14 December 1782, and no passage confirms the November date, the Avignon location for the flight itself, or a distance of nearly 2 km (1.2 mi) floated. The flight followed Joseph's November experiments in Avignon and preceded the brothers' public demonstrations of 1783.
Sources
- Montgolfier brothers Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06
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