The First Hot Air Balloon Ride

Archive Atlanta by Victoria Lemos

Jan 2, 20265:23History

Before airplanes and AI, Atlanta once stopped in its tracks to watch a hot air balloon rise into the sky. In this episode, I cover the story of the city’s first balloon flight in 1869. Balloon pioneer Samuel Archer King...

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