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- The Tissandier brothers flying in their electricity-powered dirigible air balloon. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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- Balloon of Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles and Marie-Noel Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight; inset map shows locations of previous balloon ascensions. by Benoit Louis Prevost, approximately 1735-1804. (Photo by: Photo 12/UIG via Getty Images)
