![Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jeffries – The first Aviators to cross the English Channel | The Dover Historian Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jeffries – The first Aviators to cross the English Channel | The Dover Historian](https://doverhistorian.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/th-blanchard-and-jeffries-channel-crossing-friday-7-january-1785-courtesy-of-dover-library.jpg)
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jeffries – The first Aviators to cross the English Channel | The Dover Historian
![Ascension du ballon de Blanchard en Allemagne, probablement à Nuremberg, enceinte pour le gonflement du ballon au premier plan | Paris Musées Ascension du ballon de Blanchard en Allemagne, probablement à Nuremberg, enceinte pour le gonflement du ballon au premier plan | Paris Musées](https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/sites/default/files/styles/pm_notice/public/atoms/images/CAR/lpdp_157672-4.jpg?itok=RKhCWmhn)
Ascension du ballon de Blanchard en Allemagne, probablement à Nuremberg, enceinte pour le gonflement du ballon au premier plan | Paris Musées
![Vector hand drawn illustration of jean-pierre blanchard balloon in vintage engraved style. isolated on white background. the | CanStock Vector hand drawn illustration of jean-pierre blanchard balloon in vintage engraved style. isolated on white background. the | CanStock](https://cdn.w600.comps.canstockphoto.com/jean-pierre-blanchard-balloon-drawing_csp63269192.jpg)
Vector hand drawn illustration of jean-pierre blanchard balloon in vintage engraved style. isolated on white background. the | CanStock
![Jean-Pierre Blanchard and the American Dr. John Jeffries on their cross-channel balloon flight from Dover to Calais, January 1785. Woodblock engraving by Mes after E. Deschamps from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de Jean-Pierre Blanchard and the American Dr. John Jeffries on their cross-channel balloon flight from Dover to Calais, January 1785. Woodblock engraving by Mes after E. Deschamps from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de](https://cdn.superstock.com/4409/Comp/4409-163586.webp)
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and the American Dr. John Jeffries on their cross-channel balloon flight from Dover to Calais, January 1785. Woodblock engraving by Mes after E. Deschamps from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de
![Balloon ascent by Jean-Pierre Blanchard from the Champ de Mars, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MEV-10610392 | agefotostock Balloon ascent by Jean-Pierre Blanchard from the Champ de Mars, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MEV-10610392 | agefotostock](https://previews.agefotostock.com/previewimage/medibigoff/bbebb56efb024b23b316c3205ac590ad/mev-10610392.jpg)
Balloon ascent by Jean-Pierre Blanchard from the Champ de Mars, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MEV-10610392 | agefotostock
![Blanchard hot hair ballon equipped with a parachute as a means of jumping safely down, 1785 Stock Photo - Alamy Blanchard hot hair ballon equipped with a parachute as a means of jumping safely down, 1785 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2BJ3F9M/blanchard-hot-hair-ballon-equipped-with-a-parachute-as-a-means-of-jumping-safely-down-1785-2BJ3F9M.jpg)
Blanchard hot hair ballon equipped with a parachute as a means of jumping safely down, 1785 Stock Photo - Alamy
![Sophie Blanchard – The High Flying Frenchwoman Who Revealed the Thrill and Danger of Ballooning | History| Smithsonian Magazine Sophie Blanchard – The High Flying Frenchwoman Who Revealed the Thrill and Danger of Ballooning | History| Smithsonian Magazine](http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/files/2012/10/406px-Blanchardballoon3.jpg)
Sophie Blanchard – The High Flying Frenchwoman Who Revealed the Thrill and Danger of Ballooning | History| Smithsonian Magazine
![The same balloon that had served Blanchard three trips to France served him in this experiment, Hot air balloon flight in London on October 16, 1784 by Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Sheldon, The same balloon that had served Blanchard three trips to France served him in this experiment, Hot air balloon flight in London on October 16, 1784 by Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Sheldon,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2A2RW2T/the-same-balloon-that-had-served-blanchard-three-trips-to-france-served-him-in-this-experiment-hot-air-balloon-flight-in-london-on-october-16-1784-by-jean-pierre-blanchard-and-john-sheldon-fig-30-p-145-1876-alfred-sircos-th-pallier-histoire-des-ballons-et-des-ascensions-clbres-avec-une-prface-de-nadar-dessins-de-a-tissandier-paris-f-roy-1876-2A2RW2T.jpg)