{"id":1754,"date":"2014-11-21T17:53:35","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T16:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/?p=1754"},"modified":"2019-05-28T10:16:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T08:16:38","slug":"montgolfier-day-231-years-ago-the-world-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/2014\/11\/21\/montgolfier-day-231-years-ago-the-world-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"Montgolfier day &#8211; 1783 the year when World changed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a246cb021816c9f476ac16cb834b7362\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-2865779868887008\";\r\n\/* Android box *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1345074415\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Montgolfier day &#8211; 231 years ago the World changed!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1755\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1755\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1755 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Montgolfier_231.jpg\" alt=\"Montgolfier_231\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Montgolfier_231.jpg 800w, http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Montgolfier_231-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Montgolfier_231-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture by Bennie Bos<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Happy Montgolfier Day Everyone!<br \/>\nOn the 21st November 1783, Pil\u00e2tre de Rozier &amp; the Marquis d&#8217;Arlandes, made the first, manned,&nbsp;<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">free ascent in a balloon, flying the Montgolfier Brothers built aerostat for about 5.5 miles (9 km) in approximately 25 minutes.<br \/>\nBenjamin Franklin wrote in his journal about witnessing the balloon take off: &#8216;We observed it lift off in the most majestic manner. When it reached around 250 feet in altitude, the intrepid voyagers lowered their hats to salute the spectators. We could not help feeling a certain mixture of awe and admiration.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0--><!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montgolfier day &#8211; 231 years ago the World changed! Happy Montgolfier Day Everyone! On the 21st November 1783, Pil\u00e2tre de Rozier &amp; the Marquis d&#8217;Arlandes, made the first, manned,&nbsp;free ascent in a balloon, flying the Montgolfier Brothers built aerostat for about 5.5 miles (9 km) in approximately 25 minutes. Benjamin Franklin wrote in his journal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,15,20,24],"tags":[61,91,141],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2788,"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754\/revisions\/2788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}