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Fabulous images from the archive of the National Aerospace Library of the Royal Aeronautical Society, devoted to aviation and aerospace history

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Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Lunardi air balloon in London

Lunardi air balloon in London
Lunardis celebrated air balloon in London. August 1784

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Garnerin balloon with parachute

Garnerin balloon with parachute
Garnerins balloon with a parachute below, and a French flag waved from the cage. He ascended from North Audley Street, landing 10 minutes later in the parachute near St Pancras Church -- claimed to

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Lunardi in a balloon

Lunardi in a balloon
Lunardis Grand Air Balloon, engraved for the Aerostatic Spy 1 April 1785. Probably depicting his flight from the Artillery Grounds to Ware in Hertfordshire on 15 September 1784. 1785

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Lunardi ascent from Artillery Grounds

Lunardi ascent from Artillery Grounds
Lunardis ascent from the Artillery Grounds in Moorfields, London. He landed at Ware, Hertfordshire, 20 miles away. 15 September 1784

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Garnerins balloons

Garnerins balloons
Five illustrations of An exact representation of M. Garnerins Balloons with an accurate view of the ascent and descent of the parachute

Balloons and ballooning scenes

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: The Great Aerial Navigator, or Atmospheric Machine

The Great Aerial Navigator, or Atmospheric Machine! An article with a detailed diagram showing an aerial machine claimed to be capable of transportation to India and China in the space of five days

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Satirical ballooning cartoon

Satirical ballooning cartoon
Keegans Balloon 1784. A rude satirical cartoon showing a hot air balloon emitting flames and a head labelled The English Balloon 1784, with a crowd of people standing round

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Airship shaped like a fish, Spain

Airship shaped like a fish, Spain
An airship shaped like a fish, being rowed across the sky from the town of Plazentia to Coria in Spain, piloted by Dom Joseph Patinho

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: German lottery game

German lottery game
A German lottery game, Neues Bilder Lotterie Spiel. With eighty miniature pictograms depicting various technologies, including a balloon. circa early 19th century

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Satirical cartoon, The Flight of Fashion

Satirical cartoon, The Flight of Fashion
Satirical cartoon entitled The Flight of Fashion, with two scenes: A peep at Hop-Tons, and Grappling, Expansion, Escape, Descent, Buoyant. 1829

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Satirical cartoon, March of Intellect

Satirical cartoon, March of Intellect, showing the Grand Vacuum Tube Companys tube link from London to Bengal, and caricaturing many inventions including balloons

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Satirical cartoon, raising a balloon

Satirical cartoon, raising a balloon
Satirical cartoon, Moyen infaillible d enlever les Ballons -- a group of commedia dell arte characters trying to raise a balloon on a wooden frame. circa 18th century

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Satirical cartoon, March of Intellect No. 2

Satirical cartoon, March of Intellect No. 2, showing various forms of transport including balloons and other flying machines. circa 1828

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Satirical cartoon, The March of Intellect

Satirical cartoon, The March of Intellect, showing a street scene with balloons in the sky above. 1828

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Satirical cartoon, An Aerial Excursion

Satirical cartoon, An Aerial Excursion, showing a thin Englishman and a plump Frenchwoman in a balloon, while the crowd on the ground makes rude comments in speech bubbles. 1802

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Spectators of balloon ascent, Paris

Spectators of balloon ascent, Paris
Aux Amateurs de Physique, Vue d Optique. An image of chaos as spectators try to get over the wall without a ticket, to watch the balloon ascent of Messrs Charles

Satirical cartoon, Rural Sports, Balloon Hunting

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Satirical cartoon, Descent of the Great Balloon

Satirical cartoon, Descent of the Great Balloon
Satirical political cartoon, Descent of the Great Balloon, showing ten politicians travelling in a hot-air balloon. Speech bubbles show the mens concerns about the rapid descent of the balloon

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Satirical cartoon, A Rising Statesman

Satirical cartoon, A Rising Statesman
Satirical political cartoon, A Rising Statesman. Showing a young politician with an older man in a balloon gondola, waving his hat to an imaginary crowd below

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Satirical cartoon, An Appropriate Text

Satirical cartoon, An Appropriate Text!, showing a street preacher preaching to four bored-looking people while a large crowd watches the launch of the Charles Green balloon

Satirical cartoon on ballooning

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Robert Brothers in balloon over the Tuileries, Paris

Robert Brothers in balloon over the Tuileries, Paris
The Robert Brothers and M. Collin-Hullin ascending in a large oval balloon from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris. 1784

Satirical cartoon, The March of Intellect. Showing a robotic figure sweeping away all the old laws and other rubbish, with balloons in the sky above. circa early 19th century

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Satirical cartoon, Locomotion Plate 2

Satirical cartoon, Locomotion Plate 2, A few small inconveniences Theres nothing perfect. Showing a man in a steam powered walking machine with things going wrong all around him. circa 1835

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Satirical cartoon, Locomotion

Satirical cartoon, Locomotion
Satirical cartoon: Locomotion. Walking by Steam. Riding by Steam. Flying by Steam. Showing two women riding a wheeled vehicle made of a large teapot

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Satirical political cartoon, The Fall of Icarus

Satirical political cartoon, The Fall of Icarus, showing a plump, naked Earl Temple (Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos)

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Smiling face balloon

Smiling face balloon
Satirical cartoon showing a smiling human face as a balloon in process of being inflated, implying a madness perhaps caused by the gas entering the brain. 1784

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Women floating in the air

Women floating in the air by the use of parasols with large butterflies attached, and wings on their shoes, gazed at from the ground by men with lorgnettes and telescopes. circa 18th century

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Satirical ballooning image

Satirical ballooning image
A rude satirical image of large and small balloons tied together, lifting a cannon, entitled The Montgolsier. A first rate of the French Aerial Navy. A Fart, an Ass, a Fool, A Monkey, a Nothing. 1783

Departing by balloon

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: People and animals with a balloon

People and animals with a balloon
Fanciful design showing crowds of people and animals watching the ascent of an idealised balloon (complete with what appears to be a key to wind it up)

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Excursion to the moon

Excursion to the moon
Fanciful depiction of Chevalier Humguffier (or Humgussier) and the Marquis de Gull making an excursion to the moon in their new aerial vehicle. 1784

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: The Battle of the Balloons

The Battle of the Balloons. A fanciful image depicting four balloons with flags and sails, their passengers in close aerial combat. The opponents appear to be British and French. circa 18th century

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Ornate Montgolfier balloon

Ornate Montgolfier balloon
An ornate Montgolfier balloon, Le Flesselles, measuring 126 feet high and 100 feet wide. Montgolfier and six others ascended in this balloon above Lyons, France, on 19 January 1784. 1784

Satirical ballooning cartoon
Lord Holeys Balloon. A rude satirical cartoon showing a hot air balloon emitting flames and a head labelled The English Balloon 1784, with a crowd of people standing round

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Ascent of Coxwells balloon, Crystal Palace, London

Ascent of Coxwells balloon, Crystal Palace, London
The scientific ascent of Mr H Coxwells Mammoth Balloon from the Crystal Palace, London. Listing below the names of various passengers of Mr Coxwell. 1862

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Charles Green, aeronaut and balloonist

Charles Green, aeronaut and balloonist
Portrait of Charles Green (1785-1870), the aeronaut and balloonist, from an original painting in the possession of Robert Holland Esq MP

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Balloon ascending with Sadler and Paget

Balloon ascending with Sadler and Paget
A balloon ascending with Mr Sadler and Captain Paget of the Royal Navy from the gardens of the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney, London, watched by a crowd of spectators. 12 August 1811

Rescue of Major Money off the coast of Yarmouth

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Lunardis balloon ascent from Artillery Ground

Lunardis balloon ascent from Artillery Ground
Lunardis balloon ascent from the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company, making him the first Aerial Traveller in the English Atmosphere. With crowds of spectators. 15 September 1784

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Balloon descending into Bristol Channel

Balloon descending into Bristol Channel
A balloon descending into the water of the Bristol Channel, near Watermouth. The passengers were Sadler and Clayfield, who ascended from Bristol. 24 September 1810

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Lunardis second Grand Air Balloon

Lunardis second Grand Air Balloon
Mr Lunardis second Grand Air Balloon, in which he ascended from the Artillery Ground on 13 May, and with Mr Biggin and Mrs Sage from St Georges Fields on 29 June. May-June 1785

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Opening of the New Hungerford Market

Opening of the New Hungerford Market
View during the opening of the New Hungerford Market, with boats on the River Thames, and a balloon in the sky, piloted by Mr Graham. 2 July 1833

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Satirical ballooning cartoon, Lord Grenville

Satirical ballooning cartoon, Lord Grenville
He Steers His Flight. Satirical cartoon on the subject of Lord Grenvilles installation as Chancellor of Oxford University

Garnerins balloon and parachute

Royal Aeronautical Society Collection: Charles Greens Nassau balloon over Medway, Kent

Charles Greens Nassau balloon over Medway, Kent
View of Charles Greens Nassau balloon with several passengers, flying over the River Medway in Kent. 7 November 1836

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