Summary: Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier was one of two men who left the earth's surface and flew in Montgolfier's balloon for the very first time. He also designed a type of balloon that was given his name that flew using a combination of a lifting gas and hot air. More than 200 years later, his design would be used in the balloon that made the first non stop round the world flight.<br> <br> A Rozièr balloon<br> <br> <br> <br> Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier in a Montgolfier balloon<br> <br> <br> <br> De Rozièr perishes in a baloon crash over Wimereux<br> <br> <br> <br> Don Cameron led the way in record breaking and unusual balloon design<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Double Eagle II<br> <br> <br> <br> Virgin Flyer<br> <br> <br> <br> The successful balloon circumnavigation by Piccard and Jones<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to those Public Domain images available, NASA, the Smithsonian,The Virgin Group, Cameron balloons and Breitling.
