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On 15 October 1783, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier made an early manned tethered ascent in a Montgolfier hot-air balloon, an important first in documented human flight.
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On 15 October 1783, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier made the first human flight in a Montgolfier balloon.
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