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Hot air balloons

Since the early ballooning days of the French Montgolfier brothers and the Italian daredevil Vincenzo Lunardi, much has changed. Nonetheless flying hot air balloons has survived as a sport and past-time to this day.

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The Launch of Blanchard's Balloon at The Hague in 1785
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Machine Aerostatic De Cent twenty feet in height by one hundred in diameter, built in Lyon…
In honor of her Majesty's birthday. Under the immediate patronage of the Queen. Royal zool…
Modell eines Luftschiffentwurfs 1: 50
Three men are in the basket of a hot-air balloon, with ropes and various instruments. Colo…
A hot-air balloon with its parachute, an aeronaut and a deflated parachute. Coloured litho…
A hot-air balloon travels over Rouen, giving an aerial view. Coloured lithograph by J. Arn…
De Monsterballon (Le Géant) van Nadar. Opstijging 11 September 1865
Den första ballonguppstigningen i historien med passagerare. Fransmännen Rozier och d'Arla…
Luchtballon van de heer Augustin, 1806
Crowds of people gathered in a square, with hot-air balloons on the ground. Coloured wood …
A hot-air balloon with the visage of Daniel O'Connell carrying a basket of conservative mi…
A man flying in the air with wings and balloons attached to him. Coloured wood engraving.
Scientific balloon ascent from Vauxhall Gardens. from a
The Grand English Air Balloon, with the Gallant Lunardi ascending the Atmosphere from the …
The return of the Aerostatic Globe to Paris, on Tuesday 2 December 1783, on the 5 and a ha…
[Second balloon of Lunardi during the ascent of 29 June 1785]: [estampe]/Rigaud pinxit; F.…
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Oplating van Nadars luchtballon op een terrein buiten de Utrechtse Barrière, Amsterdam, 14…
A hot-air balloon is drifting away from the land towards the sea. Coloured wood engraving.
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Sanatoir aérien du docteur Farceur, bureau volant de mariage, police aérienne [objets vola…
A large balloon flies over a town crowded with people. Coloured etching by James Gillray.
The Aréostatic Sphere or Globe flying about 12 Feet in diameter, weighing 25 to 30 pounds,…
Hot air balloon flight