It's a poignant time of year for those who remember an iconic pub overlooking some of the most stunning views in ...

Paris has been known for its rich history in hot-air ballooning, dating back to when the Montgolfier brothers launched the first hot-air balloon in front of King Louis XVI at Versailles in ...

The Montgolfier-designed balloon was heated by a straw fire that eventually caused the balloon to catch on fire, but the two French brothers soon went on to design the first successful ...

But people flew much earlier than that by using hot air balloons as well as gas-filled ones. While the Montgolfier brothers get most of the credit for hot air ballooning in 1783, there are some ...

With Nepal's snowy Himalayan peaks as a backdrop, the sky above Pokhara transformed into a vibrant canvas of colours for the ...

Birds! I never knew you could train birds. Aunt Maya: But it was the Montgolfier brothers in France who made the first hot air balloon that could carry people. In 1783 in front of the King and ...

“The people who became famous for the invention were the French brothers Joseph Michel and Jaques Étienne Montgolfier, when they presented a linen balloon with a 32-meter circumference, which rose in ...

Balloons shaped as a rat and a frog from ... Although more than two centuries have passed since France's Montgolfier brothers made the first manned flight, ballooning can still capture the ...

Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times The setup was conceived by the French designer Mathieu Lehanneur as a tribute to the Montgolfier brothers ... the first hot-air balloon that carried ...

You go where the nature tells you." Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority issued a notice for the skies over Pokhara for a duration of nine days to allow balloon flights. Although more than two centuries ...