Comments on: Sophie Blanchard – The High Flying Frenchwoman Who Revealed the Thrill and Danger of Ballooning http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/10/sophie-blanchard-the-high-flying-frenchwoman-who-revealed-the-thrill-and-danger-of-ballooning/ History with all the interesting bits left in Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:27:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Gilbert King http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/10/sophie-blanchard-the-high-flying-frenchwoman-who-revealed-the-thrill-and-danger-of-ballooning/#comment-2222 Gilbert King Thu, 25 Oct 2012 06:09:27 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/?p=8818#comment-2222 Ah! Thanks, Ross. Ah! Thanks, Ross.

]]> By: Ross McConnell http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/10/sophie-blanchard-the-high-flying-frenchwoman-who-revealed-the-thrill-and-danger-of-ballooning/#comment-2221 Ross McConnell Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:33:22 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/?p=8818#comment-2221 Still a 47 in the subsequent paragraph Still a 47 in the subsequent paragraph

]]> By: Gilbert King http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/10/sophie-blanchard-the-high-flying-frenchwoman-who-revealed-the-thrill-and-danger-of-ballooning/#comment-2218 Gilbert King Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:06:44 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/?p=8818#comment-2218 Good catch, Gigi. Should be 41. Corrected. Good catch, Gigi. Should be 41. Corrected.

]]> By: Gigi http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/10/sophie-blanchard-the-high-flying-frenchwoman-who-revealed-the-thrill-and-danger-of-ballooning/#comment-2216 Gigi Tue, 23 Oct 2012 03:11:26 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/?p=8818#comment-2216 Very interesting article, but I think there is a typo here. If she was born in 1778 and died in 1819, then Blanchard was not 47 at the time of her death. Very interesting article, but I think there is a typo here.

If she was born in 1778 and died in 1819, then Blanchard was not 47 at the time of her death.

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