Ascents Collection

Boeing 707-399C
British Caledonian Bcal Boeing 707-300C Climbing out after Take-Off Date: 1970s

WW2 Fighter Air Ace Squadron Leader E. J Gracie Climbing ?
WW2 Fighter Air Ace Squadron Leader E.J Gracie Climbing out of Cockpit Date: 1940s

The balloon mania which swept across Europe
A pair of late 18th century French lithographs which reflect the balloon mania which swept across Europe at the time of the first balloon ascents

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

Henry Coxwell
HENRY COXWELL English balloonist, who made several scientific ascents with Glaisher. Date: 1819 - 1900

Switzerland - Grindelwald, the Wetterhorn
Coloured lantern slide of a view of Mount Wetterhorn from the town of Grindelwald. Long famed as a winter tourist destination with slopes for beginners

Locomotive balloon in Vauxhall Gardens
The locomotive balloon designed by a Mr Bell, a forerunner of the 20th century Zeppelin, which made several ascents at the famous Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in the 1850s

Vincenzo Lunardi - 1
VINCENZO LUNARDI Italian aviator who made many balloon ascents in England. Date: 1759 - 1806

Vincenzo Lunardi - 2
VINCENZO LUNARDI Italian aviator who made many balloon ascents in England. Date: 1759 - 1806

Mr. Edward Spencer, born May 8th 1799 who accompanied Mr. Charles Green in that fatal parachute experiment of Mr. Robert Cocking s, July 24th, 1837, from Vauxhall Gardens

Albert with Piccard
ALBERT I with professor PICCARD, the intrepid Belgian scientist whose record- breaking submarine descents and altitude ascents made headline news worldwide. Date: 1875 - 1934

Gold mining at Johannesburg
An aerial photograph of gold mines in Johannesburg. The photograph was taken by Captain Spelterini on one of his balloon ascents

Henry Coxwell - 2
HENRY COXWELL English balloonist, who made several scientific ascents with Glaisher

Sport / Climbing / Peck
ANNIE PECK The American climber who attempted many dangerous ascents in the Andes

Gay Lussac Balloonflight
French scientist GAY-LUSSAC makes one of his ascents at Paris - the first instance of a manned aerial device being used for scientific purposes

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