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the topic "Hot air balloon"
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1709 Hot air balloon of Bartholome de Gusmao flies in Portugal
1783 The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their ''montgolfière'' (hot air balloon) in Annonay, FranceFrance France, officially the French Republic, is a country [i] whose metropolitan territory [i] ...
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1783 In ParisParis native_name = Ville de Paris
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, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight (flight time: 25 minutes, Maximum height: 5
1989 Thirteen people die in a hot air balloon accident near Alice Springs, Australia.
1999 While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being in a hot air balloon for 233 hours and 55 minutes.
1999 Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones begin their attempt to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon without stopping.
1999 Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the EarthEarth Earth is the third planet [i] in the solar system [i] in terms of distance from the Sun [i], and the fi ...
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