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WHY DO BALLOONISTS SERVE CHAMPAGNE AFTER A FLIGHT?

April 26, 2017balloonists champagne flight serve

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WHY DO BALLOONISTS SERVE CHAMPAGNE AFTER A FLIGHT?

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Tradition. In France during the years following 1783, farmers attacked balloons that landed on their fields, often with pitchforks. To placate the farmers, the early balloonist offered them champagne to show that they were not from outerspace, but were fellow countrymen.