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Garnerins balloons

Five illustrations of An exact representation of M. Garnerins Balloons with an accurate view of the ascent and descent of the parachute. Top left: ascended from Ranelagh, 28 June 1802, passengers Garnerin and Snowden, landed 45 minutes later near Colchester, Essex. Bottom left: ascended from Lords Cricket Ground, 5 July 1802, passengers Garnerin and Locker, landed 15 minutes later at Chingford Green, Essex. Centre: ascended from North Audley Street, 21 September 1802, passenger Garnerin, landed 10 minutes later in a parachute near St Pancras Church -- claimed to be the first parachute descent in England. Top right: ascended from Vauxhall Gardens, 3 August 1802, passengers Garnerin, Madame Garnerin and Glassford, a cat descended by parachute partway through the journey, and the balloon landed on Hampstead Hill 62 minutes after takeoff. Bottom right: ascended from Sydney Gardens, Bath, 7 September 1802, passengers Garnerin and Glassford, landed 110 minutes later near Mells Park, 16 miles from Bath. The maximum height reached was 10, 000 feet on 28 June.
1802

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© The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)/Mary Evans

1802 Accurate Ascended Ascent Audley Balloon Ballooning Bath Chingford Colchester Cricket Descended Descent Essex Exact Garnerin Hampstead Illustrations Landed Landing Locker Madame Minutes Pancras Parachute Passengers Ranelagh Representation Snowden Sydney Take Off Vauxhall


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