Élisabeth Thible
Élisabeth Thible | |
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Born | 8 March 1757 |
Died | after 1784 |
Aviation career | |
Famous flights | first woman on record to fly in an untethered hot air balloon |
Élisabeth Thible, or Elizabeth Tible[1] (née Estrieux, 8 March 1757 – after 1784) was a French aviator who was the first woman on record to fly in an untethered hot air balloon.[2][3][4] She was born in Lyon on 8 March 1757. On 4 June 1784, eight months after the first crewed balloon flight, Thible flew with Mr. Fleurant on board a hot air balloon christened La Gustave in honour of King Gustav III of Sweden's visit to Lyon.
Ballooning
Monsieur Fleurant originally planned to fly the hot air balloon with Count Jean-Baptiste de Laurencin, but the count gave his position on The Gustave to Élisabeth Thible.[5][Note 1]
When the balloon left the ground Thible, dressed as the Roman goddess
Private life
Little is known of Madame Thible; she is described as the abandoned spouse (épouse délaissée) of a Lyon merchant.[6] No record of her survives as a professional opera singer. She died at some point between the completion of her hot air balloon flight and 1800.[citation needed]
Film
- Venus im Wolkenschiff (Venus in the Cloud-ship) – WDR Fernsehen movie by A. Reeker with Anouk Plany as Élisabeth Thible[7]
Notes
- Joseph Montgolfier, had ended dramatically when the balloon started to tear and smoulder. Although all passengers were unhurt, some attributed the accident as the reason the Count de Laurencin gave Élisabeth Thible his spot.
References
- ^ Tible, Elizabeth (1784). "Lettre à Mme ***[relatant les détails du voyage que j'ai fait dans les airs le 4 juin]" [Letter to Mrs *** [about my air travel the 4th of June]]. Journal encyclopédique ou universel, dédié à Son Alt. Sérénissime MGR. Le Duc de Bouillon Etc. Etc. Etc. (in French). 7 (1): 289–294. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ Gene Nora Jessen, The Powder Puff Derby of 1929, pg xi
- ^ Ernst Probst, – Königinnen der Lüfte in Frankreich (Queens of the skies), France 2010, Page 61 "Élisabeth Thible (Tible) The first passenger of a Montgolfier"
- ^ Justin D. Murphy -Military Aircraft, Origins To 1918 2005 – Page 6 "In February 1784, Paolo Andreani, Agostino Gerli, and Carlo Gerli ascended in a Montgolfière outside Milan. On 4 June 1784, Élisabeth Thible became the first female aeronaut when she ascended over Lyons."
- ^ a b Gazette d'Amsterdam, 25 June 1784 and Journal des savants, November 1784, pp. 760–762
- ^ Philippe Buron Pilâtre Pilâtre de Rozier: un Lorrain d'exception, 1754–1785 2006 – "Visiblement encore choqué par sa première expérience, Laurencin trouve habile de proposer à la très belle Madame Elisabeth Thible, épouse délaissée d'un grand commerçant de Lyon, de devenir la première femme aéronaute."
- ^ "Venus im Wolkenschiff. Ein Frauen-Traum vom Fliegen | Film". kinematoscope.org. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
Other sources
- Jutta Rebmann: Als Frau in die Luft ging. Die Geschichte der frühen Pilotinnen (Women went into the air. The history of the early pilots.) Sieglitz. Precinct. ISBN 3-7987-0361-2