Jean-Pierre Blanchard (July 4, 1753 - March 7, 1809) was a French inventor and aeronaut. He made his first successful balloon flight on March 2, 1784, in a hydrogen gas balloon launched from the Champ de Mars. On January 7, 1785 Blanchard, accompanied by an American, Doctor John Jeffries, made the first flight over the English Channel. In 1793, he conducted the first balloon flight in North America, ascending from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and landing in Deptford, New Jersey. He married Marie Madeleine-Sophie Armant in 1804. He fell from his balloon and died in 1809, at the age of 55, from his severe injuries. | |
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