John Jeffries a letter he dropped from the balloon during his historic flight, considered the oldest piece of airmail in existence. He fled to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1776 and later to England 1779, and was employed by the Crown during this time. In 1785, Jeffries and Jean-Pierre Blanchard crossed the English Channel in a balloon, becoming the first human beings to cross the Channel by air. Jeffries lived in England from 1779 to 1790. Despite being named in the Massachusetts Banishment Act, he returned to private practice in Boston, staying there until his death in 1819. His son John Jeffries II
Hot air ballooning steals a map from a hostile military unit and escapes in a hot air balloon over the desert. RE/MAX, an international real estate company, uses a hot air balloon with their name on it as their main logo. They also sponsor a fleet of hot air balloons that make frequent appearances at hot air balloon festivals and other events. In players ride in a hot air balloon over Crocodile Cauldron. Hot air ballooning Hot air ballooning is the activity of flying hot air balloons. Attractive aspects of ballooning include the exceptional quiet (except when the propane burners are firing), the