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This technical illustration shows early hot air balloon designs. The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight was performed by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on this day in 1783.
Warren, Ambrose William, 1781?-1856, engraver., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.