How Were Balloonists Ascend During The 19th Century?

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Study Questions AV Chapter 1

What was aviation invented by Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier in 1783? In the year 1783 the two Montgolfier brothers discovered a way to fly all over the city of Paris without the permission of their father. The proof can be found in the letters that one of the brothers wrote. Later, the J.A.C. brothers endorsed the project and they started to discuss how were they going to finance the balloon.

In what ways did the Montgolfier brothers and J.A.C. Charles finance their balloon experiments? The ways they used to finance their experiments was that if they sold a lot of tickets they could finally get what they were looking for in the launching because people in that time had a lot of interest in watching the first aircraft to fly.

What were the military applications or uses of balloons? Particularly, Napoleon and many other governments began using the balloons in …show more content…

During the 19th century, balloonist ascend because they began with the process of decreasing the prices and have better results in demonstrating the people how cool it was to get into an air balloon. They also explain to the people that were watching how they made it possible using fire and hydrogen to make the aircraft fly.

How are balloons, dirigible, and airships similar? and how different? Dirigible, balloons and airships are similar due to the fact that they are all steerable and they have rigid forms. Furthermore, they are different because balloons compared with the others don’t have a good direction control, and the aircraft has various gas, rigid and directional control powered.

What makes a balloon dirigible? To make a balloon dirigible it needs to have enough power to bring under control the resistance of the air and than it needs to be well controlled in the flight. Another factor that can make a balloon dirigible is the control and the powered flight in order to have a successful trip to the