Hot air balloon Montgolfier brothers, and had its first public demonstration on 4 June 1783 with an unmanned flight lasting 10 minutes, followed later that year with manned flights. The 1785 Rozière balloon, a type of hybrid balloon, named after its creator, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, has a separate cell for a lighter than air gas (typically helium,) as well as a cone below for hot air (as is used in a hot air balloon) to heat the helium at night. Hydrogen gas was used in the very early stages of development but was quickly abandoned due to the obvious danger of introducing
Hot air ballooning in Luxor killed when a leaking fuel line started a fire. After 22 Chinese tourists were injured in a 2016 balloon crash, the Civil Aviation Ministry suspended flights for three days while safety procedures were reviewed. Fifteen tourists were injured and one man from South Africa was killed in the 2018 Luxor hot air balloon crash when high winds caused the balloon's operator to lose control. Flights were suspended until the unusually high winds subsided. Hot air ballooning in Luxor Hot air ballooning in Luxor is an aspect of the Egyptian tourist industry, tour companies offer rides in hot air balloons to