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Balloonists CVS01_01_023
Tales of balloon flight. Intrepid balloonists Cecil Shadbolt (left) and Captain William Dale (right) posed in the basket of a gas balloon

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Ballooning CVS01_01_019
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

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ballooning CVS01_01_041
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

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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

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Terminal interior JLP01_09_850079
Birmingham International Airport, Elmdon, Birmingham, Bickenhill, Solihull, West Midlands. The interior of the central well in the new terminal building at Birmingham International Airport after its

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Hot air balloon JLP01_09_771206
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. A hot air balloon emblazoned with a Laing banner taking off from the Elstree Sports Ground during the annual Laing Gala Day

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Ballooning CVS01_01_035
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

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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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Ballooning CVS01_01_011
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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Ballooning CVS01_01_040
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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Ballooning CVS01_01_033
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

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Balloon flight CVS01_01_068
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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Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_007
Amazing flying machines. A hand-coloured engraving of a man flying using Besniers Flying Machine of 1678. From the Cecil Victor Shadbolt collection of lantern slides dating from 1882-1892

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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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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

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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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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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Ballooning CVS01_01_044
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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Ballooning CVS01_01_036
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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Ballooning CVS01_01_047
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

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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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Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_009
Amazing flying machines.A hand-coloured engraving of Lanas Aeronautic Machine, a small flying boat held aloft by four small gas balloons, designed by Francesco Lana de Terzi in 1670

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Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_006
Amazing flying machines. A hand-coloured illustration from Cyrano de Bergeracas aComical History of the States and Empires of the Moona, dating from 1657

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Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_005
Amazing flying machines. A hand-coloured illustration from Francis Godwinas aThe Man in the Moonea, first published (posthumously) in 1638, in which a Spanish nobleman, Domingo Gonsales

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Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_004
Amazing flying machines. A hand-coloured engraving of The Flying Man ; a figure wearing a large pair of wings with an umbrella above his head, stepping from a cliff

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Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_018
Amazing flying machines. A hand-coloured engraving of a number of early designs for a flying machines, in flight above the coast

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Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_017
Amazing flying machines. A hand-coloured engraving of a flying machine designed by Gabrielle de la Londelle, which appeared in his book aAviation, ou Navigation Aeriennea in 1863

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Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_013
Amazing flying machines. A hand-coloured engraving of an early frameless parachute, designed by Andre-Jacques Garnerin in 1797

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Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_016
Amazing flying machines. A hand-coloured engraving of four early designs for flying machines, including one parachute-type machine and others with paddles, in flight above a coastal scene

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Ballooning CVS01_01_014
Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured engraving of French photographer Nadaras balloon aLe Geanta, following a crash landing

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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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ballooning CVS01_01_039
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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