These days we take for granted the constant criss-crossing of our skies by different types of aircraft.
However, in 1784, local people have watched in fear and astonishment as a large, passenger carrying balloon passed overhead, as nothing like it had ever been seen in England. On the afternoon of Wednesday 15 September 1784, North Mymms entered aviation history: the Italian balloonist, Vincenzo Lunardi, making the first manned aerial voyage ove…
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