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after completing your certification. Temple
Pilots is the leading paragliding training
school in the country which provides
the best paragliding education and
conducts basic to advance level courses.
FAI: Federation of Aeronautique Inter-
nationale lays down rules and regulations
for aero-sports all over the world. In
India, it is represented by ‘Aeroclub of India’.
Temple Pilots is the only registered
school in the country as an associate
member of IPF – Indian Parachuting
Federation, which is a registered member of
Aero - club of India.
Channel. In these early days of ballooning,
the English Channel was considered the first
step to long distance ballooning so this was a
large benchmark in ballooning history.
Unfortunately, this same year Pilatre de
Rozier (the world’s first balloonist) was killed
in his attempt at crossing the channel. His
balloon exploded half an hour after take-
off due to the experimental design of using
a hydrogen balloon and hot air balloon tied
together.
Ballooning Hot air ballooning as an adventure sport is
quite new or still in its infancy in India. The next major pivotal point in balloon
history was on January 7th 1793. Jean Pierre
Blanchard became the first to fly a hot air
balloon in North America. George Washington
was present to see the balloon launch.
The History Of Hot Air Ballooning Now a large jump in time, of over 100 years:
On the 19th September 1783 Pilatre De
Rozier, a scientist, launched the first hot
air balloon called ‘Aerostat Reveillon’.
The passengers were a sheep, a duck
and a rooster and the balloon stayed
in the air for a grand total of 15
minutes before crashing back to
the ground.
The first manned attempt
came about 2 months
later on 21st November,
with a balloon made
by 2 French brothers,
Joseph and Etienne
M o n t g o l f i e r.
The balloon was
launched from the
centre of Paris and
flew for a period
of
20
minutes.
The birth of hot air
ballooning!!!
Just 2 years later
in 1785 a French
balloonist, Jean Pierre
Blanchard, and his
American co pilot, John
Jefferies, became the first
to fly across the English
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