really earth water fire. what else in. the air rights of the us were going through all of them today we took off from earth and flew in the air as for water there's lots of it on the ground and in there and of course we're going to have taken off without fire. of. fire is the main driving force of any hot air balloons the first time as have the hair ends burnt as a sign of respect for fire champagne then comes into play as a symbol of water that is used to extinguish the flaming has finally the initiated have their head sprinkled with earth as a good luck charm for future flights. the first balloon launch in russia came exactly twenty years after the french debut in eighteen zero three a balloonist from paris flew a russian balloon passenger over moscow according to one theory and proudly xander the first but ordered the launch he wanted to know what such aircraft cruising those designed for warfare were capable of doing in the mid twentieth century ballooning was no longer popular in russia almost no military balloons had