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On This Day in 1785, Two Men Braved Death When They Flew Across the English Channel in a BalloonJean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries' harrowing journey was the first aerial crossing between France and Britain ...
For most people, taking a hot-air balloon ride is a beautiful and oftentimes romantic excursion. But for those doing the actual flying, it's a lot of hard work. While reporting on Richard Branson ...
It was the third unidentified flying object blown out of the sky in three days, and a week after a balloon equipped with antennae traversed the US before it too was blasted to bits. The huge ...
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