Lunardy's Ride In An Air Balloon by Greg Bradfield-Smith

This tune is from "Tunes, Songs & Dances from the 1798 Manuscript of Joshua Jackson (vol.1, unnumbered page following JMS 71)"
"In London in September 1784, Vincenzo Lunardi made the first ascent into the English atmosphere in the presence of the Prince of Wales and nearly 200,000 spectators. George III viewed the event from St. James' palace through a telescope. In 1786, on a flight from Scotland, Lunardi passed over North Yorkshire. Lascelles' steward at Harewood House was much astonished by the sight of Mr Lunardi in his balloon soaring over the Harewood area for twenty minutes."