Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin performed the first high-altitude parachute descent.
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The aircraft used was a tethered hydrogen balloon named l’Entreprenant, operated by the French army’s newly established Company of Aeronauts, and it represented an innovation in military tactics.
The balloon was secured to the ground to limit its altitude and range, but it successfully lifted de Rozier to a height of approximately 25 metres.
Peter Strelzyk and Günter Wetzel, who had expertise in mechanics and construction, worked for nearly a year and a half to construct a balloon capable of carrying their families of four adults and four children.
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