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1645-Balloon Ascension, Paris, France.
32338. Inflation with Hydrogen Gas of a Copy of First Balloon Flown in America, Jan. 9, 1793. Washington Air Junction, Va.
32906. Professor Auguste Piccard (right), Explorer of the Stratosphere and his Twin Brother Jean.
3263. Model of the Dirigible Balloon “De La Muerthe,” 60 H.P., 58 Meters Long, Transportation Bldg., World’s Fair, St. Louis, Mo.
Balloon Airship at the Lewis and Clark Centennial, 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.
Roy Knabenshue’s July 1905 flight aboard airship Toledo Number One from the Lucas County Fairgrounds on Dorr Street in Toledo, Ohio to the Spitzer Building where he landed on the roof (a distance of 3 miles in 25 minutes) and then returned. For his feat, Knabenshue received $500 from Al Spitzer. This event marked the first time a lighter-than-air vessel landed on a building.
Roy Knabenshue’s July 1905 flight aboard airship Toledo Number One from the Lucas County Fairgrounds on Dorr Street in Toledo, Ohio to the Spitzer Building where he landed on the roof (a distance of 3 miles in 25 minutes) and then returned. For his feat, Knabenshue received $500 from Al Spitzer. This event marked the first time a lighter-than-air vessel landed on a building.
Roy Knabenshue’s July 1905 flight aboard airship Toledo Number One from the Lucas County Fairgrounds on Dorr Street in Toledo, Ohio to the Spitzer Building where he landed on the roof (a distance of 3 miles in 25 minutes) and then returned. For his feat, Knabenshue received $500 from Al Spitzer. This event marked the first time a lighter-than-air vessel landed on a building.
Roy Knabenshue’s July 1905 flight aboard airship Toledo Number One from the Lucas County Fairgrounds on Dorr Street in Toledo, Ohio to the Spitzer Building where he landed on the roof (a distance of 3 miles in 25 minutes) and then returned. For his feat, Knabenshue received $500 from Al Spitzer. This event marked the first time a lighter-than-air vessel landed on a building.
Roy Knabenshue’s July 1905 flight aboard airship Toledo Number One from the Lucas County Fairgrounds on Dorr Street in Toledo, Ohio to the Spitzer Building where he landed on the roof (a distance of 3 miles in 25 minutes) and then returned. For his feat, Knabenshue received $500 from Al Spitzer. This event marked the first time a lighter-than-air vessel landed on a building.
Roy Knabenshue’s July 1905 flight aboard airship Toledo Number One from the Lucas County Fairgrounds on Dorr Street in Toledo, Ohio to the Spitzer Building where he landed on the roof (a distance of 3 miles in 25 minutes) and then returned. For his feat, Knabenshue received $500 from Al Spitzer. This event marked the first time a lighter-than-air vessel landed on a building.
Crowds on Terraces Watching Flight of Air Ship over Government Building, Lewis & Clark Exposition, 1905, Portland, Ore.
Airship at the Lewis and Clark Centennial, 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.
21446. A close view of Baldwin’s most successful Airship, Lewis and Clark Exposition, Portland, Oregon.
21445. Baldwin’s latest airship returning from a flight over City of Portland, Lewis and Clark Centennial, Portland, Ore.
3345. T.S. Baldwin, aviator of California Arrow and Knabenshue its youthful sky-pilot in the framework.
The Famous “California Arrow” Airship starting with Aeronaut Knabenshue on its first successful flight, World’s Fair, St. Louis.
8603. Near view of the mechanism of the Francois Airship, showing the inventor aboard ready to make ascent, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis.
8604. Francois Airship in mid-air ready for flight, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis.
8602. Francois Airship about to ascend for a flight, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis.
21320. The big French airship of Hippolyte Francois breaks the framework colliding with a fence, World’s Fair, St. Louis.