THE FIRST PERSON TO FLY IN THE U.S.
https://simanaitissays.com/2018/05/25/the-first-person-to-fly-in-the-u-s/
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JUST AS GEORGE Washington crossed the Delaware River in December 1776, within two decades Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard entered aviation history as the first person to fly in the U.S., also crossing the Delaware.
Blanchard’s 10-mile balloon trip was from Philadelphia to Deptford, New Jersey. President Washington as well as future presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe were in attendance of this pioneering achievement on January 9, 1793.
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I wonder if they thought to tax the air at that point.
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