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The First Flight in an Experimental Balloon: They Wanted to Cross the English Channel, but They Died After Half an Hour
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240 years ago, on Wednesday, June 15, 1785, a two-man crew of Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and Pierre-Ange Romain took off from the French city of Boulogne-sur-Mer at seven o'clock in the morning, determined to cross the English Channel in an experimental balloon that was, for the first time in history, filled not only with hot air but also with hydrogen. However, the experiment ended in disaster after half an hour: the balloon crashed and bo…
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