The Montgolfier-designed balloon was heated by a straw fire that eventually caused the balloon to catch on fire, but the two French brothers soon went on to design the first successful ...

Feel like you’re flying through the sky at the Arizona Balloon Classic this weekend! The much-anticipated event will be ...

Paris has been known for its rich history in hot-air ballooning, dating back to when the Montgolfier brothers launched the first hot-air balloon in front of King Louis XVI at Versailles in ...

Birds! I never knew you could train birds. Aunt Maya: But it was the Montgolfier brothers in France who made the first hot air balloon that could carry people. In 1783 in front of the King and ...

“The people who became famous for the invention were the French brothers Joseph Michel and Jaques Étienne Montgolfier, when they presented a linen balloon with a 32-meter circumference, which rose in ...