| CIA NOTABLE FLIGHTS | Part L. First national flights |
| 1731-11-17 | First manned balloon flight according to Russian claims. |
| | Mr. Kriakoutny | Balloon made of Ox-hides |
| 1783-11-21 | First recorded manned flight. |
| | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. |
| 1783-12-01 | First human flight in a gas balloon. |
| | Jacques Alexandre César Charles | Charlière No 2. Varnished silk. Hydrogen |
| 1784-02-25 | First free balloon flight in Italy |
| | Paul Andreani |
| 1784-06-24 | First free balloon flight in USA. |
| | Edward Warren |
| 1784-07-07 | First flight in Austria |
| | J. G. Stuwer |
| 1784-08-25 | First hot air balloon flight in Great Britain |
| | James Tytler | Hot air envelope |
| 1784-09-15 | First flight with a gas balloon in Great Britain |
| | Vincent Lunardi |
| 1785-01-19 | First ascent in Ireland |
| | Richard Crosbie | Crosbie hydrogen balloon |
| 1785-07-11 | First ascent in Holland |
| | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | Blanchard. hydrogen |
| 1785-10-03 | First free balloon flight in Germany |
| | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | Blanchard. Hydrogen balloon. |
| 1785-10-20 | First balloon flight in Belgium |
| | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | Blanchard. Hydrogen balloon. |
| 1788-05-05 | First balloon flight in Switzerland |
| | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | Hydrogen balloon |
| 1790-05-14 | First flight in Poland (at that time a part of Russia) |
| | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | Blanchard. hot air balloon |
| 1790-08-12 | First ascent in Spain |
| | Vincent Lunardi |
| 1790-10-31 | First ascent in Czechoslovakia |
| | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | Blanchard. hot air balloon |
| 1793-01-09 | First free flight in USA by Blanchard |
| | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | Blanchard. Hydrogen balloon. |
| 1794-08-24 | First ascent in Portugal |
| | Vincent Lunardi | Gas balloon |
| 1803-10-04 | First flight in Russia. first over 300 km. |
| | André Jacques Garnerin | Hydrogen balloon |
| 1803 | Demonstration of a hot air balloon in Lithuania |
| | Jordaki Kuparentko |
| 1804-08-18 | First manned gas balloon flight in Latvia |
| | Etienne Gaspar Robertson | Hydrogen Balloon |
| 1806-09-07 | First gas balloon flight in Sweden |
| | Etienne Gaspar Robertson | Hydrogen balloon |
| 1809 | First manned gas balloon flight in Latvia |
| | Etienne Gaspar Robertson | Hydrogen |
| 1835-02-12 | First ascent in Mexico |
| | Eugene Robertson |
| 1845-06-12 | First ascent in Turkey |
| | Antonio Comaschi |
| 1877-05-21 | First gas balloon flight in Japan. tethered |
| | Baba Shimpachi | Homebuilt gas balloon. hydrogen |
| 1882-07-04 | First balloon flight in New Mexico |
| | Park A. Van Tassel | "City of Albuquerque". Coal gas |
| 1894 | First Hot Air Balloon in Switzerland |
| | Ludwig Knie |
| 1902-09-22 | First successful airship in Britain |
| | Stanley Spencer | Spencer. "Evening News". 3 hp Sims |
| 1912-09-19 | First flight with a gas airship over Sweden |
| | Zeppelin LZ13. "Hansa" |
| 1946-09-28 | First "modern" Hot Air Balloon flight in Switzerland |
| | Ernst Huber | Emmer. "Forsanose". HB-BIR |
| 1966-08-20 | First modern European Hot Air Balloon |
| | Veikko Kaseva | Homebuilt. OH-XVK |
| 1966-08-29 | First modern British built HAB makes free flight. almost intentional |
| | J.C. Turner | Smithills Tech. School "Smithill". G-ATLU |
| 1967-07-09 | First controlled free flight by modern British built HAB |
| | Gerry Turnbull | Hot Air Group "Bristol Belle". G-AVTL |
| 1968-08-19 | First free flight with Hot Air Balloon in Sweden |
| | Per Arne Terrs Lundahl | Piccard AX6. "Emilie". SE-ZZA |
| 1969-09-28 | First Hot Air Balloon free flight in Japan |
| | Atsuo Tanaka | Homebuilt "Icarus no 5". JAA-001 |
| 1970-11-29 | First manned balloon over Malta. |
| | Terence A. Adams |
| 1973-01-04 | First successful flight of a Hot Air Airship. Bristol. |
| | Donald A. Cameron | Cameron D96. |
| 1973-06-18 | First Hot Air Balloon flight at Spitsbergen |
| | Björn Hansen | Cameron O-84. SE-ZZT. "Andrea" |
| 1973-10-30 | First Hot Air Balloon flight in Turkey |
| | Jan Balkedal | Cameron O-84. "Gabriella". SE-ZZX |
| 1974-01-02 | First Hot Air Balloon flight in Ethiopia |
| | Dan Anderson | Cameron O-84. "Ruth". SE-ZZZ |
| 1976-02-18 | First Hot Air Airship flight in Switzerland |
| | Kurt Rünzi | Raven. "Verkehrshaus Luzern". N1701X |
| 1977-04-04 | First flight with a Hot Air Airship in Sweden |
| | Jan Balkedal | Cameron DS-140. "Hammlätt". G-BEHI. later SE-ZAA |
| 1979-09-16 | Escaped from East Germany in a homebuilt hot air balloon |
| | Hans-Peter Strelzyk | Homebuilt |
| 1980-05-12 | First North America coast to coast flight. |
| | Maxie Leroy Anderson | Yost polyester. "Kitty Hawk" |
| 1981-10-11 | First US coast to coast flight. |
| | John Shoecraft | Raven polyester. "Super Chicken III" |
| 1988-02-27 | Foundation of Lithuanian Ballooning Association |
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| 1990-05-09 | First Japanese balloon over Himalaya |
| | Michio Kanda | Cameron A-250. JAA-456 |
| 1991-06-22 | First flight in Mongolia |
| | Jun-ichi Sudo | Ultra Magic AX-8. JAA-371 |
| 1994-06-21 | First flight with Rozière Balloon in Sweden |
| | Jan Balkedal | Cameron R-36. G-ROZY |
| 1994-06-21 | First flight with Rozière Balloon in Denmark |
| | Jan Balkedal | Cameron R-36. G-ROZY |
| 1994-07-15 | First flight with Rozière Balloon in Norway |
| | Hans Åkerstedt | Cameron R-36. G-ROZY |
| 1995-11-12 | First balloon flight over Borneo |
| | Karl-Gustav "K-G" Silverstolpe | Cameron 105. SE-ZEL |
| 1995-12-12 | First free balloon flight on the Antarctic continent |
| | Bill Arras | "Jimi" N51158 |
| 2000-xx-xx | First flight in Madagascar |
| | Peter Blaser | Boland 50000 |
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