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Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa pilɑtʁ də ʁozje]) (30 March 1754 – 15 June 1785) was a French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation. He made the first manned free balloon flight with François Laurent d'Arlandes on 21 November 1783, in a Montgolfier balloon.
Other articles where Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier is discussed: Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier: …in a Montgolfier balloon with Pilatre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d’Arlandes, as passengers. The balloon sailed over Paris for 5.5 miles (9 kilometres) in about 25 minutes.
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754-1785) est un scientifique français des Lumières et, avec François Laurent d'Arlandes, l'un des deux premiers aéronautes de l'histoire.
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Apr 9, 2019 · On Oct. 15, 1783, the brothers launched a balloon on a tether with Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, a chemistry and physics teacher, aboard. He stayed aloft for almost 4 minutes,...
Feb 27, 2024 · February 27, 2024 Kristine De Abreu |. De Rozier. Photo: Library of Congress. A driven daredevil, Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier traded a respectable career as a teacher to become the world’s first balloonist — and the world’s first aviation fatality.
May 13, 2021 · In 1783, French professor Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier created history by becoming the first man to fly in a balloon untethered. Two years later, he made history yet again by becoming the first person to die in an air crash. Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier was born in Metz, a city in northeastern France, to a tavern keeper and his wife.
French brothers Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740 – 1810) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745 – 1799) were the inventors of the first practical hot air balloon. The first free (non tethered) human flight took place on November 21, 1783, by science teacher Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, Marquis d’Arlandes.