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Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
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French pioneer balloonist (–)
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃fʁɑ̃swapilɑtʁdəʁozje]) (30 March – 15 June ) was a French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation. He made the first manned free balloon flight with François Laurent d'Arlandes on 21 November , in a Montgolfier balloon.
He later died when his balloon crashed near Wimereux in the Pas-de-Calais during an attempt to fly across the English Channel. He and his companion Pierre Romain thus became the first known fatalities in an air crash.
Early life
He was born in Metz, the third son of Magdeleine Wilmard and Mathurin Pilastre, known as "de Rozier", a former soldier who became an innkeeper.
His interests in the chemistry of drugs had been awakened in the military hospital of Metz, an important garrison town on the border of France. He made his way to Paris at the age of 18, then taught physics and chemistry at the Academy in Reims, which brought him to the attention of the Comte de Provence, brother of King Louis XVI.
He returned to Paris, where he was put in charge of Monsieur's cabinet of natural history and made a valet de chambre to Monsieur's wife, Madame, which brought him his ennobled name, Pilâtre de Rozier.
He opened his own museum in the Marais quarter of Paris on 11 December , where he undertook experiments in physics, and provided demonstrations to nobles. He researched the new field of gases, and invented a respirator.
Flight pioneer
In June , he witnessed the first public demonstration of a balloon by the Montgolfier brothers.
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The king was persuaded to permit d'Arlandes and de Rozier to become the first pilots.
After several tethered tests to gain some experience of controlling the balloon, de Rozier and d'Arlandes made their first untethered flight in a Montgolfier hot air balloon on 21 November , taking off at around 2 pm from the garden of the Château de la Muette in the Bois de Boulogne, in the presence of the king.
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Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa pilɑtʁ də ʁozje]) (30 March – 15 June ) was a French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation.Their minute flight travelled slowly about 5½ miles (some 9&#;km) to the southeast, attaining an altitude of 3, feet, before returning to the ground at the Butte-aux-Cailles, then on the outskirts of Paris.
Along with Joseph Montgolfier, he was one of six passengers on a second flight on 19 January , with a huge Montgolfier balloon Le Flesselles launched from Lyon.
Four French nobles paid for the trip, including a prince. Several difficulties had to be overcome.
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The wallpaper used to cover the balloon's envelope became wet because of extreme weather conditions. The top of the balloon was made of sheep- or buckskin. The air was heated by wood in an iron stove: to start, the straw was set on fire with brandy. (In other tests, charcoal or potatoes were used). The balloon had a volume around 23,&#;m³, over 10 times that of the first flight, but it only flew a short distance.
The spectators kneeled down when the balloon came down too quickly. That evening, the aeronauts were celebrated after listening to Gluck's opera,Iphigénie en Tauride.
Rozier took part in a further flight on 23 June , in a modified version of the Montgolfiers' first balloon christened La Marie-Antoinette after the queen, which took off in front of the King of France and King Gustav III of Sweden.
Together with Joseph Proust, the balloon flew north at an altitude about 3,&#;metres, above the clouds. They travelled 52&#;km in 45&#;minutes before cold and turbulence forced them to descend past Luzarches, between Coye and Orry-la-Ville, near the Chantilly forest. They set records for speed, altitude, and distance travelled.
Final flight
De Rozier's next plan was an attempt to cross the English Channel from France to England. A Montgolfier balloon would not be up to the task, requiring large stocks of fuel for the hot air, so his balloon, the Rozière balloon, was a combination of a hydrogen and hot air balloon. It was prepared in the autumn of , but the attempt was not launched until after another Frenchman, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, and his American companion, Dr.
John Jeffries, flew across the channel in a hydrogen gas balloon from England to France on 7 January
Despite several attempts, De Rozier and his companion Pierre Romain were not able to set off from Boulogne-sur-Mer until 15 June At the take off, a nobleman tried to climb in the balloon with them, but Rozier persuaded him not to, saying it was too dangerous.
After making some progress, a change of wind direction pushed them back over land some 5&#;km from their starting point.
Pilatre de hozier biography of barack Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa pilɑtʁ də ʁozje]) (30 March – 15 June ) was a French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation.According to contemporary accounts, the balloon caught fire in midair before suddenly deflating and crashing near Wimereux in the Pas-de-Calais, from an estimated height of &#;m (1,&#;ft).[1] Both occupants were killed. Eight days later, his former fiancée died, possibly having committed suicide. A commemorative obelisk was later erected at the site of the crash.[2] The King had a medal struck and gave his family a pension.
The modern hybrid gas and hot air balloon is named the Rozière balloon after his pioneering design.
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