{"id":646,"date":"2013-12-02T19:56:30","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T19:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balloonteam.net\/montgolfier\/?p=646"},"modified":"2014-01-28T19:59:28","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T19:59:28","slug":"nottingham-remembers-british-pioneer-james-sadler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/balloonteam.net\/montgolfier\/nottingham-remembers-british-pioneer-james-sadler\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham remembers British Pioneer James Sadler"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first successful balloon flight in Nottingham, UK has been remembered with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque.<\/p>\n

Two hundred years ago this month renowned British aeronaut James Sadler launched a balloon from a site on Canal Street, which now houses the Fellows, Morton & Clayton pub, and travelled 32 miles in just one hour.<\/p>\n

It was a momentous occasion in ballooning history and was of particular interest to enthusiasts, because artist Richard Bonington drew a sketch of the balloon flying over the Nottingham skyline, which was later printed and duplicated around the world.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, balloonists from across the East Midlands came together to see the \u00a3300 plaque officially unveiled by the Sheriff of Nottingham, Councillor Ian Malcolm.<\/p>\n

Among them was David Hartland, 65, who had travelled from Derby to be there. Mr Hartland owns his own balloon in Derbyshire and has been flying them since 1972.<\/p>\n

He said: “It was a remarkable flight, and I’m delighted that we are able to remember it in this way. As a balloonist, I know that 32 miles in one hour is actually quite quick. It must have been a quite a windy day.”<\/p>\n

The event also attracted Ian Hooker who is the chairman of British Balloon and Airship Club.<\/p>\n

Mr Hooker, who used to be a lecturer in law at Nottingham University, gave a speech before thanking the Nottingham Civic Society for its work in organising for the plaque to be put up.<\/p>\n

He said: “I hope this plaque allows us to understand and appreciate our cultural heritage. It is a fascinating bit of history, that will now be forever remembered.”<\/p>\n

\"James<\/a><\/p>\n

The world’s first balloon flight took place in 1783 in Paris and it was some 28 years before Sadler’s attempt in Nottingham.<\/p>\n

There was another attempted balloon flight, which took place on The Forest Recreation Ground on July 4, 1785, by a man recorded in the history books as a Mr Cracknell.<\/p>\n

His gold and silver balloon struggled to inflate and after seven hours of watching, the crowd grew restless and chased away Mr Cracknell and set fire to his gas-making apparatus.<\/p>\n

via –\u00a0Nottingham Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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