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Picture No 10610355
Date December 1783
Description Balloon ascent from Prairie de Nesle, northern France
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Balloon ascent by M Charles from the Prairie de Nesle, northern France, where it had landed after taking off from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, on 1 December 1783. Seen here ascending for the second time. M Robert, who accompanied Charles from Paris, can be seen on the ground with others, waving. It was the first hydrogen balloon flight.
Source Published by Vachez, Quai de Gevres, Paris
Credit ©The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)/Mary Evans
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