096: Hot Air Balloons: Paper Balloons, Hot Air Vs. Gas, and Modern Ballooning

Hello! In Today's episode we are looking at the history of Hot Air Balloons and Ballooning. The first hot air balloons were designed by two french brothers in the 1780's, and after succesfull experiments, Man would take flight shortly after. With different iterations over the years, ballooning has transformed from the first form of flight to something that has become a hobby and past-time.

Sources for today's episode include:

An article titled A brief History of Hot Air Ballooning from the Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum Foundation

https://balloonmuseum.com/a-brief-history-of-hot-air-ballooning/

And an article from the National Balloon Museum titled History of Ballooning

https://www.nationalballoonmuseum.com/about/history-of-ballooning/

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