What is National Balloon Ascension Day?
The first balloon flight in the United States in 1793 was commemorated on National Balloon Ascension Day on January 9th.
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. ballooning in the United States ignited the fires of fascination with the day.
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However, over time, more than hot air balloons would have flown in the skies. Over the next 100 years, several forms of balloons have emerged. The skies were filled with inflated hydrogen and cigar-shaped Airships. They were also called blimps. These balloons were destined to take off directional flight and speed thanks to their engines.
Passengers were carried by large airships with cabins by the 20th century. The giants that had once dominated the skies have eventually faded from the skies. Over a third of the 97 passengers died when the airship caught fire, a new age of 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.
