Day Humanity Left the Ground - November 21, 1783

from The Daily History Chronicle · host Richard G Backus

The first manned hot air balloon flight over Paris transformed humanity's ancient dream of flight into reality, launching both the age of aviation and timeless lessons about innovation, courage, and turning the impossible into the possible.

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