Balloon flight (1)………………………..in 1783. Two men, The Montgolfier brothers, (2)……………………….

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balloon which used straw to provide hot air. The system (3)………………….very dangerous because they
(4)…………………the straw in the balloon!
They (5)…………….. a test flight that covered 3 kilometers in 8 minutes. There were a sheep, a duck
and a cock on board. These animals were the creatures that (6)……………..in a balloon.
The first men to fly a balloon (7) …………………….. Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d’ Arlandes also in
1783, in France. Their balloon caught fire and they (8)……………………….to put the fire out with water
they carried on board exactly for that situation.
Between 1870 and 1871, during the Franco- Prussian war, 66 balloons which carried people out of
Paris were the only contact the outside world. In 1995, during Gordon-Bennett balloon race, which
took place in Germany, pilots Alan Fraenckel and John Jervis were killed. A gunship shot them over
Belarus. Several other pilots who landed in Belarus (9)……………….to prison. Local military
disagreement caused the problem. International aviation authorities have now banned all
competitions flying over Belarus.
Although balloonists (10)………………………..many dangerous situation, ballooning is a very safe and
popular sport today.

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Balloon flight (1)……began…………………..in 1783. Two men, The Montgolfier brothers, ( 2)……
flew………………….a balloon which used straw to provide hot air. The system ( 3)………was………….very
dangerous because they ( 4)…burnt………………the straw in the balloon!
They (5)……made……….. a test flight that covered 3 kilometers in 8 minutes. There were a sheep, a duck and a cock
on board. These animals were the creatures that (6)……………..in a balloon.
The first men to fly a balloon ( 7)…………were…………..Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d’ Arlandes also in 1783, in
France. Their balloon caught fire and they ( 8)……had………………….to put the fire out with water they carried on
board exactly for that situation.
Between 1870 and 1871, during the Franco- Prussian war, 66 balloons which carried people out of Paris were the
only contact the outside world. In 1995, during Gordon-Bennett balloon race, which took place in Germany, pilots Alan
Fraenckel and John Jervis were killed. A gunship shot them over Belarus. Several other pilots who landed in Belarus (
9)…went…………….to prison. Local military disagreement caused the problem. International aviation authorities have
now banned all competitions flying over Belarus.
Although balloonists ( 10)………find………………..many dangerous situation, ballooning is a very safe and popular
sport today.