<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Élisabeth_Thible" id="mwPg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Élisabeth Thible">Élisabeth Thible</a> becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers <span about="#mwt19" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"4"},"2":{"wt":"km"},"spell":{"wt":"in"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwPw" typeof="mw:Transclusion">four kilometres (2.5</span><span about="#mwt19" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt19">mi)</span> in 45 minutes, and reached <span about="#mwt20" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"1,500"},"2":{"wt":"metres"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwQA" typeof="mw:Transclusion">1,500 metres (4,900</span><span about="#mwt20" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt20">ft)</span> altitude (estimated).