Louise Goujon Poitevin (June 8, 1819, Paris - April 3, 1908) was an early female balloonist.
Poitevin was a professional balloonist and parachute jumper, starting in 1845, when she made her first balloon flight from the Paris Hippodrome with her husband. In 1851, she made her first solo flight on horseback.[1] In 1852, during a parachuting exhibition, Poitevin made a famous parachute jump in the Cremore Pleasure Gardens in London. The next day, the police arrived and, citing public outrage, closed the show. Poitevin went on to make a tour of Europe, making thirty-five descents.[2] In 1874, she completed her last two demonstrations, in Copenhagen and Bordeaux, where she landed on a roof on horseback.[3] By age fifty-five, she had completed 571 hot air balloon ascensions and thirty-two parachute jumps.[3] In 1848, she married Eugene Poitevin, another balloonist.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "P - Who's Who of Ballooning". www.ballooninghistory.com. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ Garrett., Soden, (2005). Defying gravity : land divers, roller coasters, gravity bums, and the human obsession with falling. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 039332656X. OCLC 56840288.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Bernard., Marck, (2009). Women aviators : from Amelia Earhart to Sally Ride, making history in air and space (English language ed ed.). Paris: Flammarion. ISBN 9782080301086. OCLC 303044867.
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