Lighter Than Air

Floating peacefully in the air, feeling free. We invite you to join us on Thursday evening, June 4, 2026, 6:30-8:00 PM PT (UTC-7). We meet in person in the Mountain View, California, Community Center and simultaneously on Zoom (a “hybrid” meeting).

On June 4, 1783, the Montgolfier brothers, Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne, first publicly displayed their hot-air balloon, which rose to about 1 mile high during a 10-minute demonstration. 5-1/2 months later was their first free flight carrying humans, chemist and physicist Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and soldier François Laurent, marquis d'Arlande.

Our promo photo is from Sonoma County’s Wine Country Balloons, “Like a Nature Walk in the Sky!” Their group flights have up to 20 people, though we in Orbiters have not yet scheduled such a meeting. And as our May 21 meeting promoted, we celebrate the rich diversity of our world and our journey in the cosmos.

Please go to https://tinyurl.com/contact-Orbiters
for Zoom and other info.