{"id":1839,"date":"2020-11-11T09:31:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T08:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/pbp\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2020-11-11T09:31:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T08:31:10","slug":"cetait-il-y-a-35-ans-ma-premiere-montgolfiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/pbp\/2020\/11\/11\/cetait-il-y-a-35-ans-ma-premiere-montgolfiere\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u2019\u00e9tait il y a 35 ans : ma premi\u00e8re montgolfi\u00e8re"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7  <strong><strong>C\u2019\u00e9tait il y a 35 ans : ma premi\u00e8re montgolfi\u00e8re<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditionnellement depuis 38 ans la derni\u00e8re manifestation a\u00e9rostatique de l\u2019ann\u00e9e est le rassemblement du Puy en Velay. Une institution et un plaisir immense que de voler au dessus des terres du Marquis d\u2019Arlempdes (d\u2019Arlandes), fid\u00e8le compagnon de vol de Pil\u00e2tre de Rozier, le 21 novembre 1783. La premi\u00e8re fois que les hommes volaient dans les airs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malheureusement pour cause de pand\u00e9mie, la manifestation est annul\u00e9e en cette ann\u00e9e 2020. L\u2019occasion de me souvenir avec une infinie tendresse que c\u2019est en 1985 pour la 3\u00e8me \u00e9dition de ce rassemblement que je m\u2019\u00e9tais rendu \u00e0 cette rencontre avec ma premi\u00e8re montgolfi\u00e8re achet\u00e9e quelques mois plus t\u00f4t. C\u2019\u00e9tait le dixi\u00e8me exemplaire produit par la Manufacture Fran\u00e7aise de Montgolfi\u00e8res \u00e0 Reims. A P\u00e2ques 1985 alors qu\u2019il \u00e9tait en train de cr\u00e9er cette fabrique avec H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Dorigny, Michel Arnould se tue en Ulm. Ce grand pilote titulaire de nombreux records (et l\u2019un de mes instructeurs) s\u2019\u00e9tait mis en t\u00eate de fabriquer des montgolfi\u00e8res \u00e0 Reims. Naturellement j\u2019ai achet\u00e9 mon premier ballon dans sa fabrique o\u00f9 j\u2019ai fait la connaissance de Jacques LLopis avec qui dix ans plus tard, nous avons cr\u00e9\u00e9 une nouvelle fabrique de montgolfi\u00e8res sous les couleurs de Pil\u00e2tre de Rozier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pendant plus de dix ans ce fier ballon tricolore (bleu\/blanc\/rouge) a sillonn\u00e9 la Lorraine et le monde entier. Plus de vingt de mes \u00e9l\u00e8ves pilotes ont pass\u00e9 leur brevet \u00e0 bord de ce bel a\u00e9ronef aux couleurs de l\u2019un de mes principaux partenaires, l\u2019entreprise d\u2019int\u00e9rim Novasam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aujourd\u2019hui avec plus de 2.000 heures de vol, je continue \u00e0 former des pilotes (plus de 70 en 35 ans) et les plans de la fabrique de ballons sont revenus depuis quelques semaines dans le giron de l\u2019\u00e9quipe de Chambley, organisateur du #GEMAB. Comme quoi l\u2019histoire se poursuit et me poursuit. Une aventure de vie bien remplie.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7  <strong>35 years ago: my first hot-air balloon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditionally for 38 years the last balloon event of the year has been the gathering of Le Puy en Velay. It is an institution and an immense pleasure to fly over the lands of the Marquis d&rsquo;Arlempdes (d&rsquo;Arlandes), Pil\u00e2tre de Rozier&rsquo;s faithful flying companion on November 21, 1783. The first time ever that men had flown in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately due to the pandemic, the event is cancelled in 2020. It is the opportunity for me to remember with infinite tenderness that I attended the 3rd edition of this gathering, in 1985 with my first hot-air balloon bought a few months earlier. It was the tenth balloon made in Reims by the Manufacture Fran\u00e7aise de Montgolfi\u00e8res. In Easter 1985 while he was creating this factory with H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Dorigny, Michel Arnould died in an ultralight crash. This great pilot, holder of numerous records (and one of my instructors) had decided to manufacture hot-air balloons in Reims. Naturally I bought my first balloon in his factory where I met Jacques LLopis with whom ten years later we created a new balloon factory under the colors of Pil\u00e2tre de Rozier.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During more than ten years this proud tricolor balloon (blue\/white\/red) has criss-crossed Lorraine and the whole world. More than twenty of my student pilots have passed their license on board this beautiful aircraft in the colors of one of my main partners, the temporary staffing company Novasam.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, with more than 2000 hours of flight time, I continue to train pilots (more than 70 in 35 years) and the plans for the balloon factory came back a few weeks ago in the assets of the Chambley team, organizer of #GEMAB. So the story goes on and on and on. An adventure of a full life\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 C\u2019\u00e9tait il y a 35 ans : ma premi\u00e8re montgolfi\u00e8re&nbsp; Traditionnellement depuis 38 ans la derni\u00e8re manifestation a\u00e9rostatique de l\u2019ann\u00e9e est le rassemblement du Puy en Velay. Une institution et un plaisir immense que de voler au dessus des terres du Marquis d\u2019Arlempdes (d\u2019Arlandes), fid\u00e8le compagnon de vol de Pil\u00e2tre de Rozier, le 21 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classifiee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/pbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/pbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/pbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/pbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/pbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1839"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/pbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1842,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/pbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions\/1842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/pbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/pbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilatre-de-rozier.com\/pbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}