Joseph Montgolfier

Joseph Montgolfier

Hot Air Ballon: Joseph Montgolfier and his younger bother Jacques, both who worked in the paper industry, would invent and launched the very first hot air balloon in 1783 in the City of Annonay, France. They were able to get this thing off the ground with nothing but hot air feeding it and keep it in the air for up to ten minutes long. A few months later, they would test the balloon again and put a duck, a sheep and a rooster in the carrying box of the balloon, and surprisingly they garnered an abundant amount of success.(http://invention.yukozimo.com/who-invented-hot-air-balloons/)