Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/1783 balloonj.jpg

First manned balloon flight

Original - The Montgolfier brothers' balloon, which was the first balloon to carry human passengers in 1783. Etching from 1786.

Reason

A 1786 etching that depicts the Montgolfier brothers' balloon with descriptive text and engineering data. Translation and conversion figures provided on image description page. A high quality archival image of a landmark event in aviation history. Restored version of Image:1783 balloon.jpg.

Articles this image appears in

Montgolfier brothers, Annonay, First flying machine

Creator

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• Support as conominator --Durova^Charge! 23:54, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
• Support as conominator Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:58, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
• Support --Filll (talk | wpc) 00:06, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
• Support -- Highly encyclopedic, nice restoration. Pete Tillman (talk) 03:18, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
• Support very cool and encyclopedic Intothewoods29 (talk) 17:21, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
• Weak support. Hmmm. We're getting very aircraft-centric at the moment. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 13:08, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Promoted Image:1783 balloonj.jpg MER-C 10:09, 26 July 2008 (UTC)