Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809), French inventor pioneer of gas balloon flight. Completed the first aerial crossing of the English Channel on 7th January 1785, portrait engraving by J Newton after Richard Livesay, 1780-1790

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Completed the first aerial crossing of the English Channel on 7th January 1785

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