Vintage Illustration Of The First Hot-Air Balloon Flight Over England 1784. The New Book Of Knowledge Encyclopaedia 1930S / 1940S - Social History. Italian Hot Air Balloonist Vincenzo Lunardi, Commonly Referred To As Vincent Lunardi, Took Off From The Honourable Artillery Company Grounds, At Moorfields, London On 19 September 1784 To Make The First Manned, Free Floating Balloon Flight In English Skies.

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