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    Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa pilɑtʁ də ʁozje]) (30 March 1754 – 15 June 1785) was a French chemistry and physics...
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  • businessman Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754–1785), French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation Joseph Rozier (died...
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    flight in the world was performed in Paris, France, by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on November 21, 1783, in a balloon...
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    marquis, soldier and a pioneer of hot air ballooning. He and Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier made the first manned free balloon flight on 21 November 1783...
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    hot air balloon or Montgolfière). The design was created by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754–1785). A Rozière-type balloon has the advantage of partial...
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  • from the roof of a mosque in Nishapur and fell to his death. Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754–1785) was the first known fatality in an air crash when...
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    ten days after the world's first crewed balloon flight by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier using a Montgolfier brothers hot air balloon. Simon Schama...
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    Henry IV of France Jean-Roland Malet, economist Balthazar Martinot (1636-1714) French clockmaker. Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier scientist, balloonist...
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    (79 ft); Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier of France, the first ascent in a hot-air balloon. 1783-10-19: 81 m (266 ft); Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, in Paris...
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    verifiable human flight took place in Paris in 1783, when Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes went 5 miles (8.0 km) in a hot air...
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