Tag Archives: Balloons

1784: Aranjuez

Posted on October 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

Antonio Carnicero: Ascent of a Montgolfier Balloon in Aranjuez (1784)

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1908: Flying Machine

Posted on September 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Harry Grant Dart: Cover illustration for the magazine The All-Story, October 1908

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1933: Zeppelin

Posted on September 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

Carel Willink: The Zeppelin (1933)

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1784: First Woman to Fly

Posted on August 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

On June 4, 1784, at the age of 19, a French opera singer named Élisabeth Thible became the first woman aeronaut in history by ascending in a hot air balloon in Lyon. A painter named M. Fleurant had been scheduled … Continue reading →

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1875: Flight

Posted on August 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

“Lunar halo and luminescent cross observed during the balloon Zénith’s long distance flight from Paris to Arcachon in March, 1875.” drawn between 1875 and 1880, possibly by Albert Tissandier (source)

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