APPENDIX1-C
Chronology of
IMPORTANT FIRSTS IN BALLOONING
| date | credited to | premier event |
| 21 Nov. 1783 | ROZIER, Fran. | 1st manned free-flight (w/hot-air) |
| 1 Dec. 1783 | CHARLES, J.A. | 1st manned free-flight with gas |
| 2 Mar.1784 | DUPONT, C.d. | 1st aircraft hijack attempt |
| 14 Jun.1784 | THIBLE, Madam | 1st free-flight by a woman |
| 30 Nov.1784 | JEFFREIS, John | 1st science observations by balloon |
| 7 Jan. 1785 | BLANCHARD, J.B. | 1st flight crossing English Channel |
| 15 Jun. 1785 | ROZIER/ROMAIN | 1st pilot and passenger killed |
| ? Aug. 1786 | HERON, Ralph | 1st bystander killed by balloon |
| 24 Jun. 1794 | MORLOT, | 1st military observation by balloon |
| 10 Aug. 1797 | GARNERIN, A.J. | 1st parachute from balloon |
| 15 Oct. 1797 | TESTU-Brissy, | 1st flight astride a horse |
| 3 Aug. 1802 | GARNERIN, J.G. | 1st woman to pilot a balloon solo |
| 4 Aug. 1807 | GARNERIN, A.J. | 1st night balloon flight |
| 8 May 1808 | COLDING, J. | 1st government sponsored B-mail |
| 24 Jul. 1808 | KUPARENTO, J. | 1st para-jump from burning balloon |
| 24 Jul. 1808 | LaPIQUE, | 1st death by airborne duel |
| 22 Jul. 1817 | SADLER, Wind. | 1st flight across the Irish Sea |
| ? 1820 | ANNION, Mlle. | 1st B-use for immoral purpose |
| ? 1822 | SWAIN/GUILLE | 1st legal contest for B-damages |
| 24 Jul. 1837 | COCKING, Robert | 1st fatality parachuting from a balloon |
| ? Jun. 1838 | GRAHAM, James | 1st bystander killed by a balloon |
| 6 Jul. 1847 | GYPSON, Richard | 1st recorded thunderstorm flight |
| ? 1849 | UCHATIUS, | 1st bombing by balloons |
| 2 Sep. 1849 | ARBAN, Fran. | 1st crossing of the Alps |
| 19 Jul. 1853 | VERDIER, Emma | 1st recorded solar balloon flight |
| ? 1858 | TOURNACHON, F. | 1st aerial photographs |
| 2 Jul. 1859 | LOWE, T.S.C. | 1st serious Transatlantic attempt |
| 18 Jun. 1861 | LOWE, T.S.C. | 1st telegraphy from a balloon |
| 11 Apr. 1862 | BRYAN, J.R. | 1st free-flight observation of enemy |
| 23 Sep. 1870 | DURUOF, Jules | 1st B-escape from enemy |
| 7 Oct. 1870 | GAMBETTA, Leon | 1st aeronaut wounded by ground fire |
| 27 Oct. 1870 | CUZON, Rene | 1st B-pilot captured by enemy |
| 9 Jul. 1874 | GROFF, Vincent | 1st B-Launched kite fatality |
| ? 1882 | DAMM, P.& E. | 1st B-pilot to pawn balloon for debt |
| 21 Mar. 1893 | HERMITE, Gust. | 1st record meteorlogical balloon |
| ? 1896 | PARSEVAL, A.V. | 1st military Kite-Balloon |
| 11 Jul. 1897 | ANDREE, Solomen | 1st North Pole attempt |
| ? 1898 | BACON, John | 1st radio transmission by balloon |
| ? 1898 | IVY, William | 1st telephone from a balloon |
| 1 Jul. 1898 | DERBY, John | 1st balloon shot down by enemy |
| ? 1899 | RIEDINGER, A. | 1st use of rubber coated balloon |
| 13 Oct. 1901 | VAULX,Henri dela | 1st crossing of Mediterranean Sea |
| 28 May 1905 | MCBRIDE, J.C. | 1st to hit a moving train |
| 30 Sep. 1906 | BENNETT, J.G. | 1st International B-Trophy Race |
| 9 May 1909 | GLIDDEN, Chs.J. | 1st to demonstrate accurate bombing |
| 16 Jun. 1914 | THOMPSON, F.L. | 1st arrest for immoral balloon use |
| 26 Apr. 1915 | SIMON, F.N.L. | 1st pilot killed by enemy action |
| 4 May. 1927 | GRAY, Hawth. | 1st stratospheric flight (fatal) |
| 23 Oct. 1934 | PICCARD, Jeann. | 1st woman in space |
| 25 Sep. 1939 | EMMER, Joseph | 1st FAI record for Hot-Air balloons |
| 5 May. 1944 | KUSABA, | 1st fatality inflicted by balloon |
| 2 Jun. 1957 | KITTINGER, Joe | 1st para-jump from stratosphere |
| 27 Nov. 1959 | MOORE, Charles | 1st television from balloon |
| 10 Oct. 1960 | YOST, Paul E. | 1st sucessful propane (HB) |
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