Art Resource - AR9103311

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Gustav Hamel (June 25, 1889 - missing May 23, 1914). English aviator. In 1913 he made a record double Channel crossing from Dunkirk to Dover and back in 90 minutes. He disappeared over the English Cha

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The grand air balloon

The grand air balloon. Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Sheldon ascending in a balloon on the 16 October, 1784, The grand air balloon as it ascended with Messrs. Blanchard & John Sheldon, from the Royal Military Academy, Little Chelsea, 16 Oct. 1784. Jean Pierre Francois Blanchard (1753-1809), a French balloonist, inventor of the parachute, was killed at La Haye using one. He was the first man, with John Jeffries, an American, to cross the English Channel by balloon, from Dover to Calais in 1785. Image taken from A collection of broadsides, cuttings from newspapers, engravings, etc, of various dates, formed by Miss S. S. Banks. Bound in nine volumes. Originally published/produced in 1780?-1810?.

Location British Library/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier AR9103311

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3690px × 5883px

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