Balloonist Collection

The Schneider Trophy, presented by French industrialist Jacques Schneider, himself a record- breaking balloonist; his aim, to encourage aviation. The cup is worth 67000 euros

F H Butler (Vanity Fair)
FRANK HEDGES BUTLER, noted balloonist, looks down from the hot air balloon basket he is riding in and prepares to speak through his megaphone

G-F Tournachon Ka Nadar
NADAR, proper name Gaspar-Felix Tournachon French photographer, balloonist &c

Gaspard-Felix Tournachon, aka Nadar, French photographer
Gaspard-Felix Tournachon (1820-1910), aka Nadar, French photographer, caricaturist, journalist and balloonist. Date: circa 1860s

BALLOON ACCIDENT 1899
A balloonist dies in an accident at Beuzeville, France. Date: 1899

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

The balloon man, caricature of the balloonist Montgolfier
The balloon man, l homme aux ballons, caricature of the balloonist Montgolfier by Jean-Baptiste Letourmy of Orleans, 18th century

Satirical cartoon, Blanchard landing in a field
Satirical cartoon, Blanchard the balloonist landing in a field, causing disruption to people and animals. Date: circa 1785

Satirical cartoon, Blanchard flying across the Channel
Satirical cartoon, Blanchard the balloonist flying with large wings, crossing the English Channel from Calais to Dover, carrying a ship. Date: circa 1785

Captain Frederick Gustavus Burnaby, 1842-1885, balloonist

Mr. Robert Cocking - Aviator

Colonel Frederick Burnaby in his hot air balloon, 1882
Engraving showing Colonel Frederick Burnaby (1842-1885), the English soldier and explorer, in his hot-air balloon just prior to his 1882 crossing of the English Channel

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

Jacques Charles
JACQUES-ALEXANDRE-CESAR CHARLES French scientist and pioneering balloonist Date: 1746 - 1823

Frank Hedges Butler
FRANK HEDGES BUTLER (1855 - 1928), Motorist and aviator Date: 1909

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

A Kite Balloon car over the Western Front, WW1
Two observers in the basket of a kite balloon pictured spotting activity on the ground below. The Kite Balloon section (often known as the balloonatics)

The Old Order Changeth
" Flight-Sergeant, in future when we go up, just give the order Let Go, instead of Let go the guys, " Date: 1918

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

Dirigible flight by the Duc de Chartres and the Robert brothers.. Flight in a dirigible balloon by the Duc de Chartres and the Robert brothers, Anne-Jean and Nicolas-Louis, July 15, 1784

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

Descent of Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon.. Descent of Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon at Billancourt, 2 March 1784. Blanchard added flapping wings to his balloon in an attempt to drive it

Francois L hoste
FRANCOIS L HOSTE French balloonist, who vanished while attempting to cross the English Channel : it is supposed he was swept out into the Atlantic. Date: ? - 1887

John Jeffries, Balloonist
JOHN JEFFRIES American medical practitioner and intrepid balloonist. Date: 1744 - 1819

Elisa Garnerin - Aviator
Elisa Garnerin (1791-1853). Garnerin learned to fly balloons at age 15 and made 39 professional parachute descents from 1815 to 1836 in Italy, Spain, Russia, Germany and France. Date: circa 1785

Mr. and Madame Garnerin. Date: 1802

Greetings postcard from Wood Green and Alexandra Park, London, featuring inset of Riversdale Gardens, Buckingham Road, Alexandra Park Road, Palace Gates Railway Station, a balloon over the Palace

Gates to Alexandra Palace Park and Airship pilot Dr Barton
An absolutely fascinating postcard showing the gates to Alexandra Palace Park and Airship pilot Dr Francis Alexander Barton (1861-1939), who made a successful flight on 24th July, 1905

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France - Balloonists Monument
Neuilly-sur-Seine in the western suburbs of Paris, France - Porte du Ternes and Monument des Aeronautes (Monument to the Aeronauts and Pigeons of the Siege of Paris). Date: circa 1901

Nadar, the pseudonym of Gaspard-Felix Tournachon
Nadar, the pseudonym of Gaspard-FÚ¼®x Tournachon (6 April 1820 23 March 1910), a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist

James Glaisher, FRS, 1809-1903, Meteorologist, balloonist and a founder member of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain

Burnaby, Caricature
FREDERICK GUSTAVUS BURNABY Soldier and traveller, caricatured as a balloonist. Date: 1842 - 1885

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

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

JAC. Charles, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders oval profile portrait. Date between 1790 and 1850

Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait. Date between 1880 and 1900

Tomb of French balloonist Jacques Alexandre Charles in Pere la Chaise cemetery in Paris. Date 1899

Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait, blowing hydrogen gas into a flame. Date between 1790 and 1850

French balloonist Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles receiving a wreath from Apollo, while cherubs and an angel surround his balloon. Date 1788

Henri Giffard, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait. Date between 1880 and 1890

Lawson Wood in Uniform
Photograph of Clarence Lawson Wood (1878-1957), successful illustrator and comic artist. Pictured in uniform during World War One when he was a balloonist with the RFC

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

Balloon Scares Natives
A Balloonist (Paul) causes African villagers to cower in fright as he sails above their homes

Waving to Balloon / Africa
A balloonist is greeted by native Africans mounted on camels who wave toward this unusual sight

Nadar / Gill / Les Hommes
NADAR, proper name Gaspard-Felix Tournachon French writer, caricaturist, photographer and balloonist

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