Talk:Sophie Blanchard

Latest comment: 2 years ago by 168.166.55.11 in topic Balloon Riots
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The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that balloonist Sophie Blanchard (pictured) was Napoleon's Chief Air Minister of Ballooning, and was named "Official Aeronaut of the Restoration" by Louis XVIII of France?
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There is another image at de:Sophie Blanchard, which is a copy of this one held by the Library of Congress. -- ALoan (Talk) 19:54, 7 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

Louis XVII

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I took out the bit about his previous patronage as I think it is drifting off topic a little, but I'm open to persuasion. Yomanganitalk 19:50, 25 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

I persuaded myself, as Louis had the bad luck to be connected with both the first male ballooning fatality and the first female one. Yomanganitalk 23:10, 25 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

FA

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Hey - good job Yomangani. Just came across this now. This looks to be of FA standard: will you be submitting it? -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 10:28, 26 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Yes, I'm just waiting for Outriggr to finish running through it. Yomanganitalk 11:05, 26 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Widow?

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Seeing as they are both dead and she was his wife before his widow, shouldn't we also put her life in temporal order? TheTyrant (talk) 18:59, 19 November 2007 (UTC)TheTyrantReply

Sophie or Blanchard

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It seems really clumsy to me that while her husband was alive, Sophie Blanchard is referred to as "Blanchard" mostly, but after his death she is called "Sophie", her first name. Is there a reason for this? MathewTownsend (talk) 22:40, 6 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

It's the opposite. She is referred to as "Sophie" before his death and "Blanchard" afterwards. Yomanganitalk 09:30, 7 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

Darwin Award?

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Anyone care to give her a Darwin Award? Or at least a Darwin Honorable Mention? — Rickyrab. Yada yada yada 17:33, 13 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

Seeing as she left children behind, it would have to be an Honorable Mention, I guess. Still, that was Darwin caliber stupidity on her part. She was warned numerous times about using fireworks on a hydrogen balloon... — Rickyrab. Yada yada yada 17:40, 13 April 2013 (UTC)Reply
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Balloon Riots

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As far as I can tell, there was only ever 1 riot, the Leicester balloon riot in 1864. The source page for the only mention of balloon riots (plural) is a podcast. If there are any other balloon riots we should probably have a source for that. If not, it may be wise to link to the Leicester balloon riot. 168.166.55.11 (talk) 21:07, 30 March 2022 (UTC)Reply