The First Person to Fly

In 1783, Joseph-Michael and Jacques-Ètienne Montgolfier engineered the first manned hot-air balloon, a "globe aérostatique".

Étienne Montgolfier was the first human to lift off from the earth, making at least one tethered flight on October 15, 1783.

Later the same day, October 15, 1783, the Montgolfiers brothers launched a balloon on a tether with Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier as the passenger.

Later that year 1783, the first untethered flight was made.