Show two li fought duel did in air back in iii 1808 it in two frenchmen decided to fight a duel in the air each eacle ascended in a balloon and at a convenient height the fight began each man mail taking pot shots at ills his opponents balloon with a musket the shooting was wild hut but at last one man succeeded in scoring a direct lilt hit the gas leaked out through the puncture and ills his opponent fell several hundred feet to his death the victors balloon landed some miles away and out stepped the first air ace |