Balloonomania (w. Nicholas Slayton‪)‬ Failure To Launch

The French were the first to fly and it made them really weird about balloons. This episode, we're joined by journalist @NSlayton to talk all about the first balloons and aeronauts.



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Sources:

- The Aeronauts, Donald Dale Jackson

- The Early History of Ballooning, Fraser Simons