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Balloon ascent from Prairie de Nesle, northern France
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Balloon ascent from Prairie de Nesle, northern France
Balloon ascent by M Charles from the Prairie de Nesle, northern France, where it had landed after taking off from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, on 1 December 1783. Seen here ascending for the second time. M Robert, who accompanied Charles from Paris, can be seen on the ground with others, waving. It was the first hydrogen balloon flight.
December 1783
Media ID 7475257
© The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)/Mary Evans
1780s 1783 Ascending Ascent Ballooning Hydrogen Nesle Prairie Triumph Tuileries Waving
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