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Never before had a human, let alone a duck, flown in a balloon. The year was 1783, a milestone year for aviation—the dream of flying had finally been realized. On October 15th of that year ...

Carlincourt Lowe, aeronautics chief of the Union Army, who had held them as a personal trophy after the close of the war. In 1859 Professor Lowe,* meteorologist and inventor, built the balloon ...

A new report has revealed technology was onboard the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down in US airspace in 2023.

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