January 9 – The Balloon Flight That Stunned George Washington

On January 9, 1793, French aeronaut Jean-Pierre Blanchard made the first manned balloon flight in the United States, soaring above Philadelphia as George Washington looked on. In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, Amy tells the strange true story of America’s first encounter with human flight — from gasps in the crowd to the birth of airmail and the moment the sky stopped being unreachable.

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