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Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

<p><b>Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier</b> (<small about="#mwt10" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw="{&quot;parts&quot;:[{&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;target&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;IPA-fr&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;./Template:IPA-fr&quot;},&quot;params&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa pilɑtʁ də ʁozje&quot;}},&quot;i&quot;:0}}]}">French pronunciation:<span>&nbsp;</span><span>​</span></small><span class="IPA"><a href="/en/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French" class="wl">[ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa pilɑtʁ də ʁozje]</a></span>) <span>(30 March 1754</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span>–</span><span> 15 June 1785) </span><span> </span> was a French <a href="/en/Chemistry" title="Chemistry" class="wl">chemistry</a> and <a href="/en/Physics" title="Physics" class="wl">physics</a> teacher, and one of the first pioneers of <a href="/en/Aviation" title="Aviation" class="wl">aviation</a>. He made the first manned free balloon flight with <a href="/en/François_Laurent_d'Arlandes" title="François Laurent d'Arlandes" class="wl">François Laurent d'Arlandes</a> on 21 November 1783, in a <a href="/en/Montgolfier_brothers" title="Montgolfier brothers" class="wl">Montgolfier</a> balloon.  He later died when his balloon crashed near <a href="/en/Wimereux" title="Wimereux" class="wl">Wimereux</a> in the <a href="/en/Pas-de-Calais" title="Pas-de-Calais" class="wl">Pas-de-Calais</a> during an attempt to fly across the <a href="/en/English_Channel" title="English Channel" class="wl">English Channel</a>.  His companion <a href="/en/Pierre_Romain" title="Pierre Romain" class="mw-redirect wl">Pierre Romain</a> and he thus became the first known fatalities in an <a href="/en/Air_crash" title="Air crash" class="mw-redirect wl">air crash</a>.</p>

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Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier  was a French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation. He made the first manned free balloon flight with François Laurent d'Arlandes on 21 November 1783, in a Montgolfier balloon.  He later died when his balloon crashed near Wimereux in the Pas-de-Calais during an attempt to fly across the English Channel.  His companion Pierre Romain and he thus became the first known fatalities in an air crash. 