Ernest Pétin
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Ernest Pétin
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Ernest Petin was a French milliner and balloonist. He researched balloons and tried to construct them based on the structure of bird wings. After several failures he came up with designs that he claimed could carry three thousand people. In August 1852 he and three others ascended using large balloons named the Bon Vivant, 102 feet long with sails and a long gondola. Financial troubles and a refusal by French officials to support his plan for an aerial transport system consisting of trains made
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French milliner and balloonist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_P%C3%A9tin
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2024-02-16T10:59:13Z
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