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Balloon event, Charles GreenCharles Green ballooning poster, Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, The After Season... Veteran Green to make a night balloon ascent. With fireworks, a concert, equitation, and other entertainment. August 1850
Balloon event, Charles GreenCharles Green ballooning poster, Vauxhall Gardens, Grand Night Ascent amidst the most magnificent fireworks. 16 August 1850
Balloon event, Charles GreenCharles Green ballooning poster, Royal Vauxhall Gardens, second week of the after-season, a night balloon ascent. With fireworks, a concert, and other entertainment. September 1850
Montgolfier balloon ascent, Versailles
Blanchards balloon and apparatusA representation of Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon and apparatus, with annotations. Below the large round balloon is a parachute, and under that two men in the gondola with wings for steering. 1780s
Blanchards balloon and apparatusA representation of Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon and apparatus, with annotations below. Below the large round balloon is a parachute, and below that two men in the gondola with wings for steering
Balloon ascent from St Cloud, Paris
Blanchard and Jeffries crossing English ChannelJean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jeffries crossing the English Channel by balloon. They left Dover, crossed the sea, and landed near Blanay, between Calais and Boulogne
Satirical images of an Air BalloonSet of 12 satirical images with captions of an Air Balloon, showing filling, flying, reaching the moon, coming back to earth, and bursting. 1784
Technical diagram of a flying machine, with measurements and annotations. The small red circle labelled C is the pilots seat. late 18th century
Balloon ascent from Prairie de Nesle, northern FranceBalloon ascent by M Charles from the Prairie de Nesle, northern France, where it had landed after taking off from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, on 1 December 1783
Balloon ascent, Tuileries Gardens, ParisBalloon ascent by Charles and Robert from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris. 1 December 1783
Technical diagram of a flying machine, with pilotTechnical diagram of a flying machine, with measurements and annotations, and a pilot seated at the controls. circa late 18th century
Garnerin descending in his parachute, ParisGarnerin 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
Map, Battle of FleurusMap of the Battle of Fleurus - it was won by the French Army, with the first military use of a reconnaissance balloon. The hydrogen balloon L Entreprenant was used to pass messages to the ground
Battle of Fleurus with balloonThe Battle of Fleurus, won by the French Army, with the first military use of a reconnaissance balloon. The hydrogen balloon L Entreprenant was used to pass messages to the ground while the French
Blanchard balloon ascent, Rouen, FranceThird balloon ascent of Jean-Pierre Blanchard, with Mr Boby, from the old barracks at Rouen. They later descended on the Plaine de Puissanval. 18 July 1784
Balloon ascent from Tuileries Chateau, Paris
Balloon ascent from Tuileries Gardens, ParisBalloon ascent by the Robert brothers from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris. 19 September 1784
Balloon ascent from Tuileries Gardens, ParisBalloon ascent of Charles and Robert from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, watched by crowds of spectators. 1 December 1783
Balloon ascent from Tuileries Gardens, ParisView of Paris from the Bourbon Palace, showing the balloon of Charles and Robert in flight following its ascent from the Tuileries Gardens, with people watching from boats on the river
Montgolfier balloon, ascent over Lyons, FranceThe Montgolfier balloon, Le Flesselle, which ascended over Lyons, France. 19 January 1784
Balloon descent at Gonesse, FranceThe first trial hydrogen balloon which ascended from the Champ de Mars, and descended in the village of Gonesse, north east of Paris
Montgolfier balloon in flight over Lyons, FranceGeneral view of Lyons, France, taken from the top of the Faubourg de la Guillotiere, showing the Montgolfier balloon Le Flesselle in flight above the city. 19 January 1784
Montgolfier balloon ascent, VersaillesAscent of the Montgolfier balloon from Versailles, viewed by the King, the Royal Family and a large crowd of spectators. The balloon flew for eight minutes, then descended in the Bois de Vaucresson
Balloon ascent by Blanchard, Champ de Mars, ParisBalloon ascent by Jean-Pierre Blanchard from the Champ de Mars, Paris. 2 March 1784
Balloon ascent from the Tuileries Gardens, ParisBalloon ascent of Charles and Robert from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, the first voyage made in a hydrogen balloon. After sending off a trial hydrogen balloon, Charles designed
First balloon flight over the English Channel, from Dover to the French coast, by Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Seen here is the balloon in flight between Calais and Boulogne, with a fisherman
Balloon built at VersaillesA balloon built at Versailles, France, and put on display there on a platform. It was 60 feet high and 40 feet in diameter, in blue and gold material
Festival for 14 July, Champs Elysees, Paris
Le Suffren balloon ascent, NantesView of the Le Suffren balloon ascending from the garden of the orphanage, Nantes, France. Including the equipment used to raise and fill it. 14 June 1784
Return of a balloon, ParisThe ceremonial return of a balloon to Paris, with various people of distinction. Charles and Robert made the ascent from the Tuileries Gardens the previous day. 2 December 1783
Coronation of Napoleon, with balloonFestival for the Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine, scene in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, with five balloons ascending as part of the celebrations. 3 December 1804
Blanchard and Lepinard balloon ascent14th balloon ascent of Jean-Pierre Blanchard, accompanied by the Chevalier Lepinard, at Lille, Flanders. With spectators and soldiers on the ground. 26 August 1785
Ballooning event, Champ de Mars, ParisA balloon held by ropes, the burning of a wooden castle, and a chariot race going on around them, on the Champ de Mars, Paris. late 1790s
Balloon ascent, Champ de Mars, ParisBalloon ascent by Montgolfier, d Anonai and Vivarais from the Champ de Mars, Paris. 27 August 1783
Westland Wapiti 1 aeroplaneWestland Wapiti 1 of No. 601 (County of London) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force. 1940s
Bell Airacobra I aeroplane
Westland Wyvern VP120 aeroplane, in silver. 1940s
Fairey Battle K9182 aeroplane in camouflage paint. 1940s
Martin Baker M. B. 5 aeroplaneMartin Baker M.B.5 aeroplane in camouflage colours. 1940s
Balloon and parachute lecture, Charles Green
