BALLOON COMPETITION.
MONTGOLFIER BALLOON, 1783.
GERMAN AIRSHIP, 1884.
MONTGOLFIER BALLOON.
BALLOON ASCENT, 1850.
HOT AIR BALLOON.
BALLOON FESTIVAL, 1884.
FRENCH BALLOON, 1872.
'ERIN-GO-BRAGH' BALLOON.
MONTGOLFIER BALLOON, 1864.
LEON GAMBETTA (1838-1882).
'GREAT NASSAU' BALLOON.
VICTORIA BALLOON, 1851.
GREEN'S BALLOON, 1849.
BALLOON ASCENT, 1784.
HOT AIR BALLOON ASCENT.
ROBERT & CHARLES: BALLOON.
BALLOON ASCENT.
HYDROGEN BALLOON, 1783.
GODARD'S BALLOON, 1896.
Aviation and ballooning during the 20th Century.
LOWE'S BALLOON, 1859.
BALLOON INFLATION, 1858.
Manned hydrogen-filled balloon flight
COXWELL'S BALLOON, 1864.
INFLATION OF A BALLOON.
HOT AIR BALLOON INFLATION.
A balloon house in Amsterdam.
HOT AIR BALLOON PILOT.
Francois Laurent d'Arlandes' balloon crossing Paris.
Design for a German Air-Balloon.
Guiton de Morveau (1737-1816) French chemist, making the first flight in a dirigible (steerable) balloon, 12 June 1784
TESTU-BRISSY'S ASCENT, 1786.
First balloon crossing of English Channel
BALLOON ASCENT, 1887.
Vincenzo Lunardi making his first attempt at a balloon ascent.
Two types of hot-air balloons.
Diagram depicting a bird-shaped flying machine.
Aviation and ballooning during the 19th Century.
The 'Comte d'Artois'.
HORSEBACK BALLOON RIDE.
DOUGHTY & MOORE, 1886.
PARACHUTE DESCENT, c1800.
BALLOONING: NADAR, 1864.
BALLOON POSTCARD, 1909.
Balloonists cartoon, 1785
LOUIS PAULHAN (1883-1963).
August Piccard balloon ascent, 1931, illustration
THE GIANT BALLOON, 1863.
Hot air balloon completing inflation
CAR OF DE L ME'S BALLOON.
Le Flesselle Balloon
ENGLISH BALLOON, 1789.
Henry Badgley's air-ship.
First flight in a dirigible, 1784
U.S. ARMY BALLOON, 1907.
HOT AIR BALLOON: ZENITH.
TESTU-BRISSY'S BALLOON.
HIGHWAY OF THE FUTURE.
ELECTRIC FLYING MACHINE.
HAENLEIN'S AIRSHIP.
DUPUY DE LME AIRSHIP.
AEROSTATIC LOCOMOTIVE 1850.
AEROSTATIC LOCOMOTIVE, 1850.
GIFFARD AIRSHIP, 1852.
OBSERVATION GONDOLA.
FLYING MACHINE.
AERIAL VOYAGE, 1870.
HENRI GIFFARD: BALLOON.
Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French brothers, inventors of hot air balloon
First manned free balloon flight, Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, 21 November 1783
First balloon crossing of English Channel, 7 January 1785 by Jean-Pierre Blanchard
First manned free balloon flight
Set of French collecting cards on ballooning to mark the centenary of the Montgolfier Brothers' first flight in 1783, with scenes of early French balloon flights
Crowds cheering at the first public demonstration of a hot air balloon at Annonay France, 4 June 1783, by the Montgolfier brothers
First manned flight in a hydrogen-filled balloon made by Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert from the Tuileries, Paris, France, 1 December 1783
August Piccard balloon ascent, 1931
Humorous print of a circus performer on an outdoor stage shooting at a balloon, labelled 'L'Opinion'
BALLOON, 1869.
ARCTIC BALLOON EXPEDITION.
PARIS: POST-BALLOON, 1870.
PARIS: BALLOON, 1870.
ROYAL NASSAU BALLOON, 1852.
FRENCH MILITARY BALLOON.
HOT AIR BALLOON VALVE.
GREEN'S BALLOON.
BALLOON ACCIDENT, 1850.
BALLOON TRAVELS, 1855.
HOT AIR BALLOON GAS TANK.
SPAIN: BALLOON, 1792.
SURVEILLANCE BALLOON.
BALLOON ACCIDENT.
USA, California, Del Mar, Inflating an hot air balloon
CHARLI RE BALLOON.
LA FRANCE AIRSHIP, 1884.
ITALIAN AIRSHIP.
BALLOON, 1805.
BALLOON, 1670.
BALLOONING, 1785.
VINCENZO LUNARDI
BALLOON, c1783.
BLANCHARD: U.S., 1793.
BALLOONING: US, 1793.
Battle of Fleurus 26 June 1794, French Revolutionary Wars
Jean-Marie Coutelle, Appointed Commander of Les Aerostiers, 1794
First fatal ballooning accident, 15 June 1785
First fatal ballooning accident, 1785
GREEN'S BALLOON, 1857.
MONTGOLFIER BALOON, 1783.
First hydrogen balloon flight, 1783
WISE'S BALLOON, 1859.
FRANCE: BALLOONING, 1848.
BALLOON FLIGHT, 1783.
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier.
BALLOONING, 1884.
Light mirage, 19th Century illustration
WISE'S 'ATLANTIC' BALLOON.
MILITARY TELEGRAPHY, 1889.
James Sadler And Captain Paget
Salomon - Auguste Andree (centre)
Interior of a hot air balloon
MILITARY BALLOON.
The ballooning accident of General John Money.
FELIX TOURNACHON, 1897.
SIEGE OF PARIS, 1870.
The inflating of the balloon 'Hirondelle'.
Stratospheric research balloon, 1934
Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871
NAVE ADMOSPHERICA, 1783.
BALLOONING, PARIS, 1783.
SOLOMON ANDREWS' AIRSHIP.
BALLOONING: FRANCE, 1784.
GREEN'S BALLOON, 1845.
The Duke of Chartres making a balloon ascent.
Inflating balloon with hydrogen
Balloon 'Ville d'Orleans'
Hot Air Balloon
HOT AIR BALLOON, 1783.
BALLOONING, 1784.
First hot air balloon demonstration
Balloon ascent from Gare du Nord, Paris.
The accidental crashing of Mrs Graham's balloon near Piccadilly.
Part of a hot air balloon
First ascent of Mongolfier hot air balloon, 21 November 1783.
BALLOON, 1784.
Siege of Paris balloon factory, illustration
Austria, Hot air balloon at Oberhofen against cloudy sky
A French aeronaut falling to his death from a balloon over Beuzeville, France
Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier.
MAIL BALLOON CRASH, 1870.
GREEN'S BALLOON, 1850.
Namibia, Kuala Wilderness Reserve, Air balloon being filled with heated air
Death of the French aviators Godard and Panis when their balloon was struck by lightning over Chicago
ATLANTIC BALLOON, 1859.
BLANCHARD'S BALLOON, 1784.
BALLOON, PARIS, 1784.
WISE'S ATLANTIC BALLOON.
Soldier of the French ballooning corps, accidentally carried up on a captive army balloon, falling to his death when he could no longer hold on
BERLIN: BALLOON RACE, 1908.
A balloon storage in France.
A balloon manufactured by Henri Lachambre.
The Minerva Balloon