Jean Pierre Blanchard's balloon
On January 9, 1793, almost everyone in the Philadelphia area ceased their normal activity and gathered around Walnut Street Prison to observe a yellow silk hot-air balloon sail across the sky, carrying a French aeronaut, Jean Pierre Blanchard. Blanchard was fascinated with aeronautics, of course, often conducting various scientific expirements such as filling bottles of air and measuring temperature and air pressure. Soon enough, Blanchard created his balloon, which set off in on January 9, letting the wind take him to his destination
After gliding in the air for 15 miles across the Delaware River, Blanchard eventually landed in a small farming field in the New Jersey in his balloon. After presenting his passport, a statement from President Washington, he drank wine with the farmer who's field he had landed in. After arriving back in Philadelphia in a wagon, he began making improvements for a more advanced balloon to be launched in the summer. His plans, though, were ruined in the midst of the fever.
After gliding in the air for 15 miles across the Delaware River, Blanchard eventually landed in a small farming field in the New Jersey in his balloon. After presenting his passport, a statement from President Washington, he drank wine with the farmer who's field he had landed in. After arriving back in Philadelphia in a wagon, he began making improvements for a more advanced balloon to be launched in the summer. His plans, though, were ruined in the midst of the fever.