Ballooning Collection

Balloons, ballooning and tales of balloon flight

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A hand-coloured lantern slide showing Shadbolts balloon Reliance taking off from the grounds of Alexandra Palace, with large crowds watching. A second balloon is preparing for launch

Balloon over Stonehenge N060085
STONEHENGE. Wiltshire. Detail of the stones with a hot air balloon. This balloon flight over Stonehenge commemorated one hundred years of aerial photography, 1906-2006

R101 at Cardington EPW029993
R101 at Cardington, Bedfordshire, 1929. Built 1926-30 at the Royal Airship Works at Cardington, the final test flight was 1st October 1930

R101 Airship AFL03_aerofilms_c16455
The R101 flying over St Pauls Cathedral during a test flight 1929-1930. Probably a composite photo montage. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

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Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured engraving showing the Saladin balloon flying over cliffs near Bridport. MP Walter Powell was aboard the Saladin when it was carried out over the English

Balloon crash CVS01_01_031
Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured engraving showing a maritime rescue that took place on 1st September 1874. French balloonists Jules

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Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured engraving of two men shooting at Jean-Pierre Blanchards Vaisseau Volant as it passes over France in 1784

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Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured engraving of a distant balloon ascending through clouds and rain. From the Cecil Victor Shadbolt collection of lantern slides dating from 1882-1892

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Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured engraving of James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell in the basket of a gas balloon during their ascent to c.10000 feet in 1862

Ballooning CVS01_01_043
Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured engraving of a balloon flying above a town or city - probably London. From the Cecil Victor Shadbolt collection of lantern slides dating from 1882-1892

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Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured engraving of a balloon in flight, with a rainbow in the background. From the Cecil Victor Shadbolt collection of lantern slides dating from 1882-1892

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Tales of balloon flight.Four men in a gas balloon basket as it launches, passing a tree top. One man, possibly the pilot, stands on the edge of the basket

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Tales of balloon flight. A smartly dressed group has gathered to pose for a photograph with a near-inflated balloon. Cecil Shadbolt is pictured standing third from the right, wearing a bowler hat

First manned hydrogen balloon CVS01_01_015
Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured engraving of a balloon ascending above a large crowd. This engraving may depict the first manned hydrogen balloon flight by Jacques Charles

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Airship hangars, RAF Cardington, Bedfordshire. No.1 shed was built in 1915 by Short Brothers to build two airships for the navy

Balloon crash CVS01_01_037
Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured engraving showing two figures in the basket of a balloon which has ditched into the water. A crowd is gathered on the river bank

Balloon crash CVS01_01_032
Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured engraving of a balloon ditched in the sea. From the Cecil Victor Shadbolt collection of lantern slides dating from 1882-1892

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Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured engraving showing MP Walter Powell and Captain Templer in the basket of the Saladin balloon

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Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured engraving of a balloon flying through clouds above the sea at sunset. From the Cecil Victor Shadbolt collection of lantern slides dating from 1882-1892

Ballooning CVS01_01_045
Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured engraving of a balloon flying through clouds at sunrise. From the Cecil Victor Shadbolt collection of lantern slides dating from 1882-1892

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Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured engraving of French photographer Nadaras balloon aLe Geanta, following a crash landing

Balloons and ballooning CVS01_01_001
Balloons and Ballooning - Upward and Onward. Title slide for a lantern slide show. From the Cecil Victor Shadbolt collection of lantern slides dating from 1882-1892

Worlds first hydrogen balloon CVS01_01_010
Tales of balloon flight. This unmanned balloon, Le Globe was launched by Jacques Charles and the Robert brothers on the Champ de Mars, Paris, on 27th August 1783

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A hand-coloured lantern slide showing Shadbolts balloon Reliance, and a second balloon preparing to take off from the grounds of Alexandra Palace, with large crowds watching the event

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Tales of balloon flight. Hand-coloured engraving showing French balloonist Jules Duroufs gas balloon Le Neptune exploding during a tethered flight in 1860. Durouf survived the accident

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Tales of balloon flight. Hand-coloured engraving showing the bodies of Joseph Croce-Spinelli and Theodore Sivel being carried from the wreckage of their balloon

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Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured view showing a balloon in flight, with three figures in the basket. From the Cecil Victor Shadbolt collection of lantern slides dating from 1882-1892

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Tales of balloon flight. Hand-coloured engraving of two men in a balloon flying over London. This engraving is by William Lionel Wyllie

Graf Zeppelin AFL03_aerofilms_f290
LZ127 Graf Zeppelin in flight above dark clouds. The Graf Zeppelin was in commercial operation as a transcontinental airship between 1928 and 1937. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Dirigible and aircraft AFL03_aerofilms_b2308
Dirigible and BE2 aircraft, pre-war, no date or location. This small unidentified airship is probably a Royal Navy submarine spotter

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