Sadler and Paget balloon ascent, Hackney

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Sadler and Paget balloon ascent, Hackney

Ascent of a balloon containing James Sadler and Lieutenant Paget, from the Mermaid at Hackney. The balloon was decorated in honour of the Prince Regents birthday. They descended near Tilbury Fort in Essex.
12 August 1811

Media ID 7475059

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

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