The longest course travelled by Montgolfiere balloons, and the highest elevation reached by them, were achieved by Roziers and proust with the Montgolfiere la Marie Antoinette, at Versailles, on the 23rd of June, 1784. Roziers himself has left us a picturesque narrative of this excursion from Versailles to Compiegne.
"Wonderful Balloon Ascents or, the Conquest of the Skies"
Fulgence Marion
On my way to get it, I encountered my companion, M. proust.
"Wonderful Balloon Ascents or, the Conquest of the Skies"
Fulgence Marion