document.write("\n<P><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>November 21, 1783<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/P><FONT face=Arial size=2>\n<P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l170 level1 lfo327; tab-stops: list .5in\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\">In 1783... The 1st free or untethered human flight takes place when Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier flies as high as 500 feet and travels 5 miles over Paris in a Montgolfier hot-air balloon. (OTM)<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\"><\/P>\n<P>De Rozier made the first manned free flight in history, accompanied by the Marquis d\'Arlandes. During the 25-minute flight using a Montgolfier hot-air balloon, they traveled from the château of La Muette to the Butte aux Cailles in the outskirts of Paris, attaining an altitude of 3000 feet.<\/P>\n<P>De Rozier died during an attempted crossing of the&nbsp;English Channel when his balloon, a combination hydrogen and hot air balloon, exploded on June 15, 1785. Thus, he and his companion, Pierre Romain, became the first known victims of an&nbsp;air crash.<\/P>\n<P>The modern hybrid gas and hot air balloon is named the Rozier balloon after his pioneering design.<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>");