Polychrome faience fired on a high heat with curved edging, Nevers Mr Blanchard's flying vessel Diameter 23 cm Muller-Quênot Collection After his announcement in June 1783 to make his machine fly, Jean-Pierre Blanchard took a leaf out of Mr D's . Whatever the case, he was the first pilot to have devised a machine to direct the flight of a balloon. From the end of 1783, Jean-Pierre Blanchard constructed a glazed silk balloon, which would adapt different parts of his flying machine. This was abandonned several months later. He added a balloon to the rudder and two sets of paddles.
Polychrome faience fired on a high heat with curved edging, Nevers Mr Blanchard's flying vessel Diameter 23 cm Muller-Quênot Collection After his announcement in June 1783 to make his machine fly, Jean-Pierre Blanchard took a leaf out of Mr D's . Whatever the case, he was the first pilot to have devised a machine to direct the flight of a balloon. From the end of 1783, Jean-Pierre Blanchard constructed a glazed silk balloon, which would adapt different parts of his flying machine. This was abandonned several months later. He added a balloon to the rudder and two sets of paddles. A parachute was placed between the aerostat and the gondola to slow down the decent. The new machine bore the name "Flying Vessel" or "Vaisseau Volant."
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Keywords: balloon, crockery, faience, hot-air, plate, vessel
