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First Manned Balloon Across the English Channel
\"The first balloon flight across the English Channel was the result of a collaboration between an inventive Frenchman and an enterprising American. The Frenchman was Jean Pierre Francois Blanchard, whose experiments in heavier-than-air flying machines had led him initially to design a machine that used oars and tiller. The American was John Jeffries, a doctor who was convinced that flying was good for one's health. Together, they made history, on January 7, 1785, flying from Dover, England, to Calais, France.\" (Social Studies for Kids) Read more about the first manned balloon across the English Channel.
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Lighter than air : Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot
Shares the life of the first female to work as a professional balloonist, making more than sixty ascents until 1819, when she became the first woman to die in an aviation accident.
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Up & down : the adventures of John Jeffries, first American to fly
\"Swept up by the European ballooning craze of the 1780s, Dr. John Jeffries longed to become the first person to fly across the English Channel. But first he had to outwit a rascally copilot, keep the balloon from bursting, and avoid crashing into the sea\"--Amazon.com.
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Up and away! : how two brothers invented the hot air balloon
\"Back in 1782, in Annonay, France, lived Joseph Montgolfier, a dreamer and an inventor who was curious about how everything worked. When one day a gust of wind blew his papers into the fireplace, he noticed that something lifted the pages into the air--and he realized that heat could make things rise. With the help of his brother âEtienne, he began to experiment ... and created the world's first flying machine, sparking the birth of flight. This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of how his hot-air balloon came to be, King Louis XVI's visit to see it fly, and the three animals--a rooster, a duck, and a sheep--who became its very first passengers\"--Jacket.
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