43397.
Godard balloon above, backlit.
Ballooning – All Images
43398.
Assembly of the first electrically propelled hot air balloon, invented by brothers Albert and Gaston Tissandier, circa 1883.
43399.
Balloon Ascension, Canton, Ohio.
43400.
Portland Exposition, Balloon and Air Ship.
43401.
Scene on the South Front of Alexandra Palace. Figures to extreme left: Miss E. Sweetlove & Master W.J. Fuller. August Bank Holiday 1906.
43402.
Ascent of Balloon from South Front of Alexandra Palace. Locality: Wood Green, London. Date: August (Bank Holiday) 1904.
43403.
Prof. Gaudron ascending by Balloon preparatory to descending by Parachute in the Grounds of the Alexandra Palace.
43404.
Up in a balloon. A smoke balloon.
43405.
Lincoln Beachey’s Airship about to ascend, Lewis & Clark Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 1905. Lincoln Beachey, an eighteen-year old balloon pilot, made nine ascents above the exposition grounds in 1905. He operated T.S. Baldwin’s motor-driven blimps named “Angelus” and the “City of Portland.
43406.
Gonflement d’un ballon.
43407.
Ascension d’un ballon.
43408.
Crowd around a balloon about to ascend.
43409.
Balloon Flying Cloud, Mohawk, NY, July 13, 1878. Prof. Rullison’s acrobatic ascent.
43410.
38. Ballonguppstigning.
43411.
Balloon Ascension, unknown location.
43413.
Mr. & Mrs. Miller, Gardner, Kansas.
43413.
Five people are in the basket of a captive balloon. To the left rear is another balloon.
43414.
Nat’l. Balloon Race, Milwaukee, Wis., May, 1922.
43415.
Balloon being held by sandbags, Minneapolis State Fair.
43416.
1. Pres. Litchfield and Rear Admiral Moffat. Ring Laying, U.S.S. Akron, Nov. 7, 1929.
43417.
3. Rear Admiral Moffat and Mayor Weil, U.S.S. Akron Ring Laying.
43418.
4. Rear Admiral Moffat Driving Golden Rivet in First Main Frame of U.S.S. Akron, Nov. 7, 1929.
43419.
5. Application of Outer Cover to U.S.S. Akron.
43420.
6. Close View Applying the Outer Cover.
43421.
7. Interior View of Hull Structure, U.S.S. Akron.
43422.
8. Supports for Frame Work of U.S.S. Akron.
43423.
9. General View of the Akron on Day of Christening.
43424.
10. Port Power Plants of the Akron.
43425.
13. Aft View of Control Car with Ladder down, U.S.S. Akron.
43426.
16. 150,000 attend Christening Ceremonies of U.S.S. Akron, Aug. 8, 1931.
43427.
17. Asst. Sec. David S. Ingalls speaking at Christening of the Akron.
43428.
18. Rear Admiral Moffat speaking at Christening of the Akron.
43429.
19. Pres. P.W. Litchfield of Goodyear speaking; Christening the U.S.S. Akron, Aug. 8, 1931.
43430.
22. Ready to Launch the Akron on Mooring Mast in Goodyear-Zeppelin Dock.
43431.
25. The Defender, Flagship of the Goodyear Fleet.
43432.
26. Columbia Airship about to land.
43433.
27. Defender Airship taking on Passengers.
43434.
28. Columbia Airship taking off: Airdock in background.
43435.
31. U.S.S. Akron and Dock just prior to Launching.
43436.
33. U.S.S. Akron at Mooring Mast awaiting her first “Up Ship” Order.
43437.
35. Dr. Karl Arnstein, the Akron’s Designer, and Dr. Wolfgang Klemperer of G-Z Corp., in Control Car.
43438.
36. “Up Ship:” The Akron takes to the Air for the first time, Sept, 23, 1931.
43439.
37. U.S.S. Akron flirts with the Clouds on her maiden Flight.
43440.
41. First Main Frame of Z.R.S. 5 just before raising.
43441.
42. Close View Main Frame, Z.R.S. 5.
43442.
43. Asst. Sec. Ingalls signals to raise Main Frame. Mr. F.M. Harpham with him.
43443.
44. The Main Frame is in the Air.
43444.
46. Main Frame of Z.R.S. 5 is up.
43445.
48. At work on the Z.R.S. 5.
43446.
52. Three Main Frames of ZRS 5, Jan. 28, 1932. Goodyear Zeppelin Dock, Akron, Ohio.