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A 1786 depiction of the
first hot air balloon to carry humans
, built by the
Montgolfier brothers
of
Annonay
,
France
. The flight occurred on 21 November 1783 from the grounds of the
Château de la Muette
in the western outskirts of
Paris
.
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
, a physician, and
François Laurent d'Arlandes
, an army officer, flew aloft about 3,000 feet (1,000 m) above the city for a distance of 9 kilometres (6 mi), with a total flying time of 25 minutes.
Artist: Unknown
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