Fragneto Monforte, spring gathering of hot air balloons

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Ah, the hot air balloons! What a fascinating sight to see them take off and paint the sky with their designs and bright colors. Imposing balloons powered propane. And ‘Fragneto Monteforte the village ready to house them. Vehicles of the old flavor that will meet for the Spring Edition of the international gathering of balloons, from Friday, May 29 to Sunday 31. The balloons will fly from the sports field of the village Sunni. They libreranno in sky twice a day. Is at 7 am to 17 pm that.

History tells us that the first flight found a ball balloon capable of carrying people on board took place Oct. 19, 1783 in Paris, France. That used hot air balloon to float in the air and was created in Annonay by Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier (hence the name balloon). On that occasion, the ball was “bound” to the ground and carried on board the scientist Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, Jean-Baptiste Réveillon and Giroud de Villette. First Flight “free” took place about a month later, November 21, 1783.

Aviation pioneer aerostatico in Italy was, however, Count Paolo Andreani, a descendant of the noble Milanese family Sormani-Andreani. Impressed by the brothers Montgolfier, the count decided to replicate it in the garden of his villa in the countryside of Brugherio Moncucco, architects Gerli by commissioning the construction of a hot air balloon. The March 13, 1784 Paolo Andreani, together with Giuseppe Rossi and Gaetano Barzago, two workers who had participated in the creation of the balloon, flew for nearly half an hour, covering six miles and reaching a height of about 1,500 meters before landing near Caponago.

The three days of Fragneto is a varied program with special attention to local products with the ad hoc appointment ExpoSannio, as well as the production of shows of jugglers and fire eaters. End with a bang with fireworks.

Full program on: www.volareinmongolfiera.it/a22_programma.html