Death of Pilatre de Rozier and Romain, 1785 (1890s)
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Death of Pilatre de Rozier and Romain, 1785 (1890s)
Death of Pilatre de Rozier and Romain, 1785 (1890s). In November 1783, French scientist and aeronaut Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1754-1785) and Francois Laurent d Arlandes (1742-1809) made the first successful manned untethered balloon flight. Two years later, Pilatre de Rozier and Pierre Romain became the victims of the worlds first fatal air crash. While attempting to fly across the English Channel their balloon rapidly deflated in mid-air and crashed to the ground. From the series The Dream of Flight. From a private collection
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