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Montgolfier Montgolfiere / Le Réveillon 
 Montgolfière Le Réveillon
 The first tethered balloon ascent on 15 October 1783 by Rozier.
After several tethered tests to gain some experience of controlling the balloon, de Rozier and d'Arlandes made their first untethered flight in a Montgolfier hot air balloon on 21 November 1783, taking off at around 2 p.m. from the garden of the Château de la Muette in the Bois de Boulogne, in the presence of the King. Their 25-minute flight travelled slowly about 5½ miles (some 9 km) to the southeast, attaining an altitude of 3,000 feet, before returning to the ground at the Butte-aux-Cailles, then on the outskirts of Paris.
The 25-minute flight was not without hazard, for the balloon was kept inflated with hot air by means of a brazier slung under its neck, and the airman had a hectic time putting out fires on the fabric with a sponge and water which they had wisely decided to take with them.
 The first untethered balloon flight, by Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes on 21 November 1783.
The first woman aeronaut, Mine Tible, ascended from Lyons as passenger in a Montgolfière in June 1784.
Replica: HAS Woodford Montgolfier |
