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PHILADELPHIA (WHTM) — By 1793 Jean Pierre François Blanchard was a major pioneer in the barely 10-year-old technology of lighter-than-air flight. He made his first ascent in a balloon he built.
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In the history of ballooning, Jean-Pierre-François Blanchard is remembered as much for his courage and skills as a ballooning pioneer, as his abilities to spin colorful yarns. Whatever quirks he may have had, Blanchard was dedicated to achieving the flying dream, and struggled with building the first practical flying machine.
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Jean-Pierre [François] Blanchard ( French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ blɑ̃ʃaʁ]; 4 July 1753 - 7 March 1809) was a French inventor, best known as a pioneer of gas balloon flight, who distinguished himself in the conquest of the air in a balloon, in particular the first aerial crossing of the English Channel, on 7 January 1785.
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On 7 January 1785, Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and his American co-pilot John Jeffries completed the first successful crossing of the English Channel in a balloon. Their achievement was another milestone in the already eventful history of hot air ballooning.
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Jean-Pierre Blanchard, (born July 4, 1753, Les Andelys, France—died March 7, 1809, Paris), French balloonist who, with the American physician John Jeffries, made the first aerial crossing of the English Channel. He was also the first to make balloon flights in England, North America, Germany, Belgium, and Poland.
The First Aerial Crossing of the English Channel 7 January 1785
First in America's Skies President George Washington watched aeronaut Jean Pierre Blanchard make the first aerial voyage in the New World. by C. V. Glines 6/12/2006 By the time of Blanchard's visit to Philadelphia, he already had made a name for hmself, having crossed the English Channel in 1785 with Dr. John Jeffries, an American.
JeanPierre Blanchard Pioneer Balloon Aeronaut The Quark In The Road
Jean Pierre François Blanchard was born July 4, 1753 in Petit Andelys, France. He began inventing a variety of interesting devices as a young boy, including a rat trap with a pistol, a velocipede, and later a hydraulic pump system that raised water 400 feet (122 meters) from the Seine River to the Chateau Gaillard..
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When Jean-Pierre Blanchard traveled from the banks of Philadelphia across the river to New Jersey, it marked the young nation's first planned air voyage of any kind.. Blanchard's ride began.
JeanPierre Blanchard, artiste saltimbanque Azay Chinon Val de Loire
4 Images This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage. France ART-Prints, Original Print, Engraving on Paper Jean Pierre Blanchard, July 1, 1785. Oval portrait of the balloonist Jean Pierre Blanchard. Blanchard wears button up coat with collar and hair in 18th century bag-wig style.
Jean Pierre Blanchard, French Inventor Photograph by Science Source
On January 7, 1785, French inventor, aviation pioneer and balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard crossed the English channel in a balloon flying from Dover Castle to Guînes for the first time.
JeanPierre Blanchard, artiste saltimbanque Azay Chinon Val de Loire
Jean-Pierre Blanchard is the 122nd most popular inventor (up from 142nd in 2019), the 1,434th most popular biography from France (up from 1,774th in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Inventor. Memorability Metrics HOMMAGE A COLUCHE - JEAN PIERRE BLANCHARD / PEINTRE - LE PLUS GRAND CABARET DU MONDE 210k Page Views (PV) 59.27
Jean Pierre Blanchard, French Inventor Photograph by Science Source
In 1785, the same year Lenormand coined the word parachute, Jean-Pierre Blanchard demonstrated, with a dog, the parachute as a means of safely disembarking from a hot-air balloon. In 1793, Blanchard had the opportunity to test the trustworthiness of the parachute himself when his balloon ruptured.
Jean Pierre Blanchard National Air and Space Museum
Jean-Pierre [François] Blanchard ( French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ blɑ̃ʃaʁ]; 4 July 1753 - 7 March 1809) was a French inventor, best known as a pioneer of gas balloon flight, who distinguished himself in the conquest of the air in a balloon, in particular the first aerial crossing of the English Channel, on 7 January 1785. Biography
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Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809), who had arrived at Philadelphia on the Cereson 9 Dec., was the first person to make balloon flights in England, Germany, and Poland, and in 1785 he and John Jeffries were the first to cross the English Channel by air.
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French inventor and balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Illustration: Wikipedia A child of this pioneering era, Sophie Armant married Jean-Pierre Blanchard, a middle-aged inventor who had made.
JeanPierreFrancois Blanchard, 1738 1809. French balloonist National Galleries of Scotland
Jean-Pierre Blanchard - Animal Parachute Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) was probably the first person to actually use a parachute for an emergency. In 1785, he dropped a dog in a basket in which a parachute was attached from a balloon high in the air. First Soft Parachute
