Balloonomania (w. Nicholas Slayton)

The French were the first to fly and it made them really weird about balloons. This episode, we're joined by journalist @NSlayton to talk all about the first balloons and aeronauts.

Find Nicholas' work here (nslayton.substack.com) and here (taskandpurpose.com/author/nicholas-slayton)!

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Sources:

- The Aeronauts, Donald Dale Jackson

- The Early History of Ballooning, Fraser Simons