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Tragic parachute accident of Mr Cocking
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Tragic parachute accident of Mr Cocking
Two drawings side by side of the tragic parachute accident of Mr R Cocking. On the left, the ascent of the Royal Nassau Balloon from Vauxhall with the parachute attached. On the right, the damaged parachute descending.
24 July 1837
Media ID 7475043
© The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)/Mary Evans
1830s 1837 Accident Ascent Ballooning Broken Cocking Damaged Descending Nassau Parachute Tethered Tragedy Tragic Vauxhall
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