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TODAY IN ADVENTURE |
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First in Flight |
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Did you know? - At ten in the morning on January 9th (that's today!), 1793, Jean-Pierre Blanchard and a small black dog floated slowly into the Philadelphia morning air. Ascending ever higher, Blanchard noticed that the streets, rooftops, and steeples were covered with people, and cheers erupted as he passed overhead to become the first person to fly a balloon in America. Nestled in the confines of the balloon's basket, and fortified with nothing but biscuits and wine, Blanchard and the pup would reach a peak height of 5,812 feet and plop down 56 minutes later in Deptford Township, New Jersey. |
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