BALLOONS &DIRIGIBLESA INTRODUCTION TO AERO TECH

DEVELOPMENT

FRENCH BROTHERS On 25th April 1783 launched the first true hot air

balloon in annonay, France . That rose 305mt before air cooled

On 19th October 1783 in command performance took at the court of Versailles. The first passengers of that flight are sheep, duck and rooster.

Joseph Michael

Montgolfier

FRANCOIS FILATRE DE ROZIER&

MARQUIS D'ARLANDSFirst human passenger and pilots for hot air balloonsRozier alone drifted 25.6m on 15th October 1783 A month later both made a flight of 8.5km in 25min

Jacques Alexandre Cesar CharlesHot air was replaced by hydrogen Hydrogen has very less weight when compared to air On 25th August 1783 he demonstrated a hydrogen

balloon successfully This act was witnessed by Benjamin Franklin

witnessed this event and immediately wrote to scientists of U.S about importance of balloons

On December 1783 Charles and his assistant made a flight of 43km from the garden of the Tuilleries Paris

It is witnessed by 4,00,000 spectators

Jane Pierre BlanchardoOne of the most noticeable person in the history of aeronautical historyoFirst person to cross English channel and first to flyoHe is a barnstormer and experimenter oHe was first to attempt controlled flight with sails and rudders

Sopie Blanchard •First women pilot •She started flying in 1805 •She made 59 ascents and put fir works from her hydrogen balloon

BlanchardFirst woman pilot

ZEPPELINSoCount Ferdinand von zeppelin the inventor of zeppelinoThe first person to realize the importance of rigid body to the dirigibles oHe was the citizen of Friedrichshafen oOn 2nd July 1900 the dirigibles came into existence with full design and they had their flight until the out brake of 1st world waroLZ-127 was ultimate airship it had covered a distance of 1.5 million kilometers