Jaiiies Tytler, an Edinburgh scientist, was the first British aeronaut. He lit a fire beneath an open balloon, trapping the heated air, which carried him—in a rough packing case suspended below — 300 feet up. He fell with a bump half a mile away, amid the jeers of the populace. A few weeks later all England was applauding the Italian, Lunardi, who, from the Honourable Artillery Company's parade ground, made the first hydrogen balloon ascent from British soil.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 243, 14 October 1935, Page 10
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