Take A Ride In Google’s Hot Air Balloon
If you visit the Google home page today, you will notice they have a hot air balloon logo up. The logo is to commemorate the first demonstration of a hot air balloon carrying passengers. This event took place on June 4, 1783. The balloon was made by 2 French brothers, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier. It […]
Barry Schwartz on June 4, 2008 at 10:20 am | Reading time: 1 minute
If you visit the Google home page today, you will notice they have a hot air balloon logo up. The logo is to commemorate the first demonstration of a hot air balloon carrying passengers. This event took place on June 4, 1783.
The balloon was made by 2 French brothers, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier. It lifted off from the center of Paris and flew for a period of 20 minutes. That day marked the “birth of hot air ballooning.”
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