1 The inventors were Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier.

2 The Montgolfier brothers began experimenting by filling small paper bags with smoke.

3 The Montgolfier brothers decided that the balloon was now ready for passengers.

4 Montgolfier brothers had successfully made the world's first hot air balloon.

5 Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier were both sons of a successful paper manufacturer,[] Pierre Montgolfier .

6 The Montgolfier brothers launched the first passenger balloon in France in 1783.

7 In 1782 two Frenchmen, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier , made a balloon out of paper and cloth.

8 In 1783, two other Frenchmen stepped forward and said they would take to the skies in a Montgolfier balloon.

9 It features a 1/2 scale, 540 foot (164.6 m) tall replica of the Eiffel Tower out front, a two-thirds size Arc de Triomphe , the Montgolfier balloon , and a replica of La Fontaine des Mers .

10 Nevertheless, the flight was a success, and, just as Joseph Montgolfier had envisioned, balloons became useful for military purposes.