Elisabeth Thible

Élisabeth Tible , also Thible , was a French opera singer and the first woman to ascend with a Montgolfière .

Life

On June 4, 1784 , she took a 45-minute journey in Lyon in a balloon called La Gustave, in front of the King of Sweden . She was disguised as Minerva , and to cover up her fear of flight, she sang arias the whole time. Nevertheless, she seems to have enjoyed the flight, because afterwards she wrote:

What a pleasure to leave this earth that is consumed by envy and self-interest. What a pleasure to rise into the regions of heaven where majestic silence and eternal peace reign. How easy it is to forget the poor earth in this silence.

literature

Jutta Rebmann: When a woman blew up. The story of the early female pilots. Sieglitz. Mühlacker. 2001. ISBN 3-7987-0361-2

Movie

Venus im Wolkenschiff - WDR television film by A. Reeker with Anouk Plany as E. Thible

Individual evidence

^ Ernst Probst Queens of the Skies in France 2010 Page 61 "Élisabeth Thible The first passenger in a Montgolfière The first woman to take off in a Montgolfière was the French opera singer Élisabeth Thible, or Tible in another spelling."
^ 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. "

personal data
SURNAME	Thible, Elisabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tible, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French opera singer and the first woman to climb a Montgolfière
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1784
DATE OF DEATH	after 1784

[1] Ernst Probst Queens of the Skies in France 2010 Page 61 "Élisabeth Thible The first passenger in a Montgolfière The first woman to take off in a Montgolfière was the French opera singer Élisabeth Thible, or Tible in another spelling."

[2] 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. "