What is National Balloon Ascension Day?
On January 9th, commemorates the first balloon flight in the United States in 1793.
Jean Pierre Blanchard, the French aeronaut, took flight over the Walnut Street Prison in Philadelphia in front of a large audience. He ascended in a hydrogen gas balloon, a common balloon at the time. George Washington was there at the launch of the balloon as well. In Americans, ballooning reignited in that day.
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However, over time, more than hot air balloons also flew in the skies. Several new styles of balloons emerged over the next 100 years. The skies were filled with hydrogen and cigar-shaped Airships. They were also called blimps, which was also known as blimps. These balloons were directional flight and speed thanks to their engines.
Passers were carried by large airships with cabins by the 20th century. The gas-filled giants that had remained from the skies for a long time. Tragedies like the Hindenburg on May 6, 1937, where over a third of the 97 passengers died when the airship caught fire helped to usher in a new age.
