Aeronaut Collection

Ascent of Mr Sadler, Nottingham
The Ascent of Mr Sadler the celebrated British Aeronaut at Nottingham. 1 November 1813

Sophie Blanchard in balloon ascent, Milan
Sophie Blanchard (1778-1819), famous French aeronaut, in a night-time balloon ascent performed in Milan, Italy, in the presence of Napoleon, to mark his 42nd birthday. 15 August 1811

Balloon test flight by Vicente Lunardi (1754-1806)
History of Air Transport. 18th century. Balloon test flight by Vicente Lunardi (1754-1806) before King Charles IV and the entire royal family, on January 8, 1793. Etching on paper by Jose Rodriguez

Balloon ascent of Vicente Lunardi (1754-1806) on the Buen Retiro, August 12, 1792. Etching on paper, circa 1793. History Museum. Madrid. Spain

Glaisher and Coxwell balloon flight, 1862
Aeronaut Henry Coxwell and meteorologist James Glaisher prepare the balloon car ready for one of their scientific observation expeditions. Date: 17th July 1862

Balloon and parachute pioneers, 18th century
Etienne and Joseph Montgolfiers hot-air balloon 1, and brazier a, Professor Jacques Charless balloon and gondola 2, hydrogen-gas mechanism b, and Jean-Pierre Blanchard with his parachute 3

DR HUGO ECKENER (1868 - 1954), German Aeronaut. Builder of Graf Zeppelin

Stanley Edward Spencer - an Early English Aeronaut - Fly?
Stanley Edward Spencer - an Early English Aeronaut - Flying His First Airship over Crystal Palace, London, England, UK in 1902 Date: 1902

Joseph Mangot
JOSEPH MANGOT French aeronaut, flew with L Hoste in 1887. Date: CIRCA 1887

James Glaisher
JAMES GLAISHER English aeronaut and founder of the Meteorological Society (1850), best known for his balloon ascents with Coxwell. Date: 1809 - 1903

Players Navy Cut Snap Game - The Airman - holding a large pack of " Airman" cigarettes Date: 1930

Eugene Godard
EUGENE GODARD: French aeronaut, best known for the captive balloon at the Paris Exposition which attracted enormous numbers of visitors. We have many pictures of it. Date: 1827? - 1890

Jean-Pierre Blanchard(1753-1809), French aeronaut and balloonist

Descent by parachute of Jacques Garnerin from a balloon.. Experimental descent by parachute from a balloon by the Jacques Garnerin, October 1797

Madame Sage and George Biggin during the balloon flight in 1785.. Captain Vincenzo Lunardi, the Italian daredevil aeronaut

Descent of Jean-Pierre Blanchards hydrogen balloon, 1784.. Descent of Jean-Pierre Blanchards hydrogen balloon, 2 March 1784, near Paris. Balloon with parachute and flapping wings

First manned hydrogen balloon flight.. First manned hydrogen balloon flight of two hours and five minutes by Nicolas-Louis Robert and Professor Jacques Charles

Flight of a dirigible hydrogen balloon by the Robert Brothers.. First 45-minute flight of the elongated dirigible hydrogen balloon of the Robert brothers, Anne-Jean and Nicolas Louis, July 15, 1784

Pneumatics of aerostation with hot-air balloons.. Pneumatics of aerostation, the science of operating lighter-than-air aircraft, with two hot-air balloons and aeronauts

Balloon event, Charles Green, Macclesfield
Charles Green ballooning poster advertising his 74th ascent, under the patronage of the Mayor and Magistrates, from the Gas Works near Waters Green, Macclesfield

Garnerin descending in his parachute, Paris
Garnerin descending in his parachute, with his discarded balloon on the left. Claimed to be the first to descend from a balloon by means of a parachute

Garnerin, husband and wife, French ballooning couple
Head and shoulders portraits of Andre-Jacques and Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin, French ballooning couple, with a small balloon and parachute between them and a scene of spectators below

Garnerin descending in his parachute, with his discarded balloon on the left. Claimed to be the first human being to descend from a balloon by means of a parachute (animals had previously been used)

Charles Green, aeronaut and balloonist
Portrait of Charles Green (1785-1870), the aeronaut and balloonist, from an original painting in the possession of Robert Holland Esq MP

Mr Sadler in balloon over Oxford
To the Right Honourable Lord Grenville, Chancellor of the University of Oxford - the ascent of Mr Sadler, the celebrated British aeronaut, at Oxford. Showing two men with flags hovering in a balloon

Jean Pierre Blanchard, French balloonist
Jean Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809), French balloonist. 1785

Book cover design, Through the Air: a Narrative of Forty Years Experience as an Aeronaut, by John Wise, Philadelphia: To-day Printing & Pub. Co, 1873. Showing a balloon over the sea. 1873

James Sadler, Esqr. first English aeronaut. Head-and-shoulders portrait of English balloonist James Sadler. Date 1812 May 1

Monsr. Garnerin, the intrepid aeronaut. Oval head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist and parchutist AJ Garnerin. Date between 1790 and 1850

Chas. H. Kabrich, the only bike-chute aeronaut novel and thrilling, bicycle parachute act in mid-air. Date c1896

J. F. Pilatre De Rozier
JEAN-FRANCOIS PILATRE DE ROZIER French physicist and aeronaut. First human being to ascend in a balloon, with Montgolfier

Charles Green / Aeronaut
CHARLES GREEN English aeronaut who pioneered the use of coal gas in place of hydrogen in hot air balloons

Colonel Cody
SAMUEL FRANKLIN CODY motorist and airman - hes obviously dressed for one or the other !

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