History

It is believed that Leonardo Da Vinci was the first to discover the hot-air "rising" syndrome.

But the real pioneers of hot air balloon flying were the brothers Montgolfier who developed the discovery of hydrogen, and worked on its potential to be generate

The first experiments and public exhibitions took place during the period of the French Enlightment, leaving speechless masses of onlookers and scientists.

When, in 1783, the first balloon floated above the capital, the French public went into a frenzy.
This balloon, comprising almost 4 metres in diameter, rose to an altitude of 900 metres and landed smoothly at a distance of 20 kilometres, the zone where today is located Charles De Gaulle Airport.

Next to France, Italy was indeed the country which gave the greatest impetus to aerostatics - thus, a roman passenger going up fot the first time commented: " Rome looked like a filed which had been seeded with white flakes of plaster, while the Tiber seemed to be a very fine thread"..

Before long, commentary and technology spread all over Europe, to the point where interest in the mechanisms of kinetic energy reached, for the first time, the masses - so much so that it became the "in thing".

The hot-air balloon was not only an unusual way of travelling, but also became the symbol of the times - people wore particular "head-fashion" or even imbibed their tea from China decorated with images of the hot-air balloon.
The fascination of that period lives on in the numerous collection pieces representing that magic. We are offering you the possibility to experience the original, leave behind the forces of gravity, and observe the earth from another perspective.