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Przygotowania w Dolinie Chochołowskiej do lotu do stratosfery balonem "Gwiazda Polski" (1-N-973-46)

Przygotowania w Dolinie Chochołowskiej do lotu do stratosfery balonem ...

Polski: Reflektory oświetlające miejsce startu stratostatu. Public domain photograph - night sky, astronomy, universe, space, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gustave Lambert poster 1869 - 1

Gustave Lambert poster 1869 - 1

"Champ de Mars, dimanche 27 juin, a 5 heures préciss. Ascension aérostatique du ballon le Pole Nord au bénéfice de l'expédition de M. Gustave Lambert." Library of Congress description: "Broadside announcing an ... More

Gonflement du ballon de Bradsky aux établissements Lachambre à Paris

Gonflement du ballon de Bradsky aux établissements Lachambre à Paris

Français : Gonflement du ballon de Bradsky http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5623744h/f480.image.r.langFR

Toulouse , exposition internationale de la Société de géographie - Fonds Trutat - MHNT.PHa.1824.A.020

Toulouse , exposition internationale de la Société de géographie - Fon...

plaque négative au gélatino bromure d'argent, format 18x24 cm. Sans inscription ni mention d'auteur. Exposition internationale de la Société de Géographie de Toulouse - du 16 juin au 10 août 1884, place Saint... More

Gustave Lambert poster 1869 - 2

Gustave Lambert poster 1869 - 2

"Champ-de-Mars. Première ascension aérostatique du ballon le Pole Nord executée le dimanche 27 juin, a cinq heures, au profit de l'expedition de M. Gustave Lambert." Library of Congress description: "Broadside ... More

Ilya Repin, The Solar Eclipse of 1887 (Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev on the aerostat)

Ilya Repin, The Solar Eclipse of 1887 (Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev on t...

Русский: Илья Репин, «Солнечное затмение в 1887 году» («Дмитрий Иванович Менделеев на аэростате»), 1887 год. Бумага, акварель, карандаш, 43 × 35 см. Из коллекции Арманда Хаммера. Работа впервые опубликована в ... More

1783 balloonj - Public domain  engraving

1783 balloonj - Public domain engraving

1786 description of the historic Montgolfier Brothers' 1783 balloon flight. Illustration with engineering proportions and description. Translation: Figure and exact proportions of the "Aerostatic Globe", which... More

Ascension de la colossale Montgolfiére L'Aigle conduite par Eugène Godard, aéronaute de l'empereur LCCN2002717335

Ascension de la colossale Montgolfiére L'Aigle conduite par Eugène God...

Admission ticket to Eugène Godard's ascent in the balloon "L'Aigle" from a location in France. Includes a picture of a balloon decorated with flags and an eagle emblem.

Aeronautics 02505u-grayscale. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Aeronautics 02505u-grayscale. Book illustration from Library of Congre...

Technical illustration shows early balloon designs: "Lana's aeronautic machine," "Montgolfiers' balloon," "Blanchard's balloon," "Garnerin ascending [and] descending" in his parachute, the "Charles & Roberts' ... More

Salomon August Andrée's Station at Danskøya, Svalbard, Norway. Photochrom print.

Salomon August Andrée's Station at Danskøya, Svalbard, Norway. Photoch...

Salomon August Andrée's Station at Danskøya, Svalbard, Norway Norsk bokmål: Salmon August Andrées polarstasjon på Danskøya i Svalbard Svenska: Salomon August Andrées polarstation på Danskön i Svalbard i Norge.

Andrees Station4

Andrees Station4

Andree's Station at Danskoen, Spitzbergen, Norway

Andrees Station

Andrees Station

Andree's Station at Danskoen, Spitzbergen, Norway

Balloons in Paris - JulesDidierJacquesGuiaudLArmandBarbès1870

Balloons in Paris - JulesDidierJacquesGuiaudLArmandBarbès1870

French: Départ de Gambetta sur le ballon l'"Armand-Barbès" le 7 octobre 1870title QS:P1476,fr:"Départ de Gambetta sur le ballon l'"Armand-Barbès" le 7 octobre 1870" label QS:Lfr,"Départ de Gambetta sur le ball... More

Aeronautics2. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Aeronautics2. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Technical illustration shows early balloon designs: "Lana's aeronautic machine," "Montgolfiers' balloon," "Blanchard's balloon," "Garnerin ascending [and] descending" in his parachute, the "Charles & Roberts' ... More

Exposition de Géographie. Le départ du ballon - Fonds Trutat - 51Fi245

Exposition de Géographie. Le départ du ballon - Fonds Trutat - 51Fi245

Français : Terrain vague, rue Saint-Bernard. 26 juin 1884. Vue d'ensemble du ballon à air chaud, en cours de gonflage, le "Cosmopolite" de M. Fourcade lors de l'Exposition Internationale de Géographie. Au pre... More

Jwise airmail - A crowd of people standing around a large balloon

Jwise airmail - A crowd of people standing around a large balloon

John Wise starting the first airmail delivery in the US Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Monck Mason landing - Public domain  engraving

Thomas Monck Mason landing - Public domain engraving

Mason republished the book in an extended form in 1838 when it was titles, Aeronautica; Or, Sketches Illustrative of the Theory and Practice of Aerostation: Comprising an Enlarged Account of the Late Aerial Ex... More

Le Progrès illustré n° 95, page 1, 1892 - Accident ballon L'Esperance

Le Progrès illustré n° 95, page 1, 1892 - Accident ballon L'Esperance

Français : Le Progrès illustré n° 95, page 1 - Accident du ballon L’Espérance, le 27/09/1892.

Isler’sche Mineralwasser-Anstalt St. Petersburg Ballonaufstieg 1852

Isler’sche Mineralwasser-Anstalt St. Petersburg Ballonaufstieg 1852

Deutsch: Johann Luzius Islers Mineralwasser-Anstalt in St. Petersburg (Ballonaufstieg 1852) English: Johann Luzius Islers' Mineral-Water-Establishment in St. Petersburg (ascent of a balloon in 1852)

CAD 32 - NEUILLY - Aérodrome de la Porte Maillot - Avenue de la Grande Armée

CAD 32 - NEUILLY - Aérodrome de la Porte Maillot - Avenue de la Grande...

Français : Carte postale ancienne éditée par CAD, N°32NEUILLY (Hauts-de-Seine - France) : Aérodrome de la porte Maillot - Avenue de la Grande ArméeGros plan sur un ballon captif

Gwiazda Polski Legionowo. Aviation of Second Polish Republic

Gwiazda Polski Legionowo. Aviation of Second Polish Republic

Polski: Legionowo 1938. Pracownice przenoszą z warsztatów powłokę balonu do samochodu w celu przewiezienia jej do Doliny Chochołowskiej.

Formidable Ballon

Formidable Ballon

French battleship Formidable testing a captive balloon in 1890. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Balloon in Tiflis, c. 1910, Russian Empire

Balloon in Tiflis, c. 1910, Russian Empire

A balloon in Tiflis Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kép korzó 1896-41 - A drawing of a street with people and a hot air balloon in the sky

Kép korzó 1896-41 - A drawing of a street with people and a hot air ba...

Magyar: 1896-os millenniumi ünnepségek, a városligeti tó hídjaDeutsch: Budapester Millenniumsausstellung, BrückeEnglish: Millennial exhimbition in Budapest, Bridge in the Városliget

Le Neptune Nadar - A black and white photo of a city square

Le Neptune Nadar - A black and white photo of a city square

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Léghajó katonai 1896-34

Léghajó katonai 1896-34

Magyar: 1896-os millenniumi ünnepségek, Katonai léghajóDeutsch: Budapester Millenniumsausstellung, LuftschiffEnglish: Millenial exhimbition in Budapest, Military balloon

Peace of Lunéville Karlsruhe aerostat

Peace of Lunéville Karlsruhe aerostat

1801 print showing the launching of an balloon (aerostat) from the front of the Palace of Karlsruhe (Baden) to celebrate the Peace of Lunéville signed 9 February 1801. "The peace bestowed to us by the nineteen... More

Ascensión de un Montgolfier en Aranjuez

Ascensión de un Montgolfier en Aranjuez

Carnicero, pintor secundario en el panorama artístico de la España de su tiempo, se convierte aquí en cronista de un hecho singular e histórico: la ascensión, que al parecer terminó de forma accidentada, de un ... More

Antonio Carnicero Y Mancio - Ascent of the Monsieur Bouclé's Montgolfier Balloon in the Gardens of Aranjuez - WGA04273

Antonio Carnicero Y Mancio - Ascent of the Monsieur Bouclé's Montgolfi...

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Publicité pour le concours de ballons de l'exposition universelle de 1900

Publicité pour le concours de ballons de l'exposition universelle de 1...

Français : Publicité pour le concours de ballons de l'exposition universelle de 1900.

Ballonkorb MW - A black and white drawing of a hot air balloon

Ballonkorb MW - A black and white drawing of a hot air balloon

Balloon car equipped for meteorological work, Balloon M.W., 1891 Deutsch: für meteorologische Beobachtungen ausgerüsteter Korb des Ballons de:M. W., 1891

Fesselballon 1902

Fesselballon 1902

Deutsch: Fesselballon 1902 bei Kursk. Während eines Großmanövers bei Kursk aufgenommen.English: captive balloon near Kursk (Russia) at a large military exercise in 1902

Gwiazda Polski - A black and white photo of people standing in front of a dome

Gwiazda Polski - A black and white photo of people standing in front o...

Polski: Balon stratosferyczny Gwiazda Polski. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jacques Charles Ballon 1783 Gonesse

Jacques Charles Ballon 1783 Gonesse

Deutsch: Jacques Charles Ballon 1783 Gonesse Public domain image related to 15th-16th-century architecture, castle, palace, cathedral, historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl ... More

Jan D. Brouwer, Afb OSIM00001002333

Jan D. Brouwer, Afb OSIM00001002333

Nederlands: Beschrijving Opstijging van de ballon van Godard achter het Paleis voor Volksvlijt voor een tocht over de Zuiderzee Documenttype foto Vervaardiger Brouwer, Jan D. (uitgever) Pilartz, Jacques (1836-... More

Nikola Genadiev in Eugène Godard's Balloon 19 August 1892

Nikola Genadiev in Eugène Godard's Balloon 19 August 1892

Nikola Genadiev in Eugène Godard's Balloon, Plovdiv, 19 August 1892 Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Squadron headquarters. An air photograph by Major Elsdale in 1886 of the Balloon School camp at Lydd in Kent

Squadron headquarters. An air photograph by Major Elsdale in 1886 of t...

Squadron_headquarters._An_air_photograph_by_Major_Elsdale_in_1886_of_the_Balloon_School_camp_at_Lydd_in_Kent Čeština: Letecká fotografie z balónu od majora H. Elsdale, kterou pořídil v roce 1886. Je na ní zák... More

Wasserstoffballon Prof Charles - A group of people standing around a large object

Wasserstoffballon Prof Charles - A group of people standing around a l...

Deutsch: Der bei Genosse geplatzt niedergehende Wasserstoffballon des Pariser Prof. Charles erregt unter den Einwohnern einen Aufstand. Unter Führung der Geistlichkeit stürzen sie sich auf das Teufelsgerät un... More

Exposition du ballon d'Eugène Godard 1870

Exposition du ballon d'Eugène Godard 1870

Library of Congress description: "Broadside announcing a balloon exhibition and ascension by Eugène Godard in his balloon "Cita di Firenze" from the Place St. Michel, Paris. Includes picture of a mirage observe... More

Edo.japan.book.balloon.test.scan.01

Edo.japan.book.balloon.test.scan.01

A page of Japanese text, including a woodblock print depicting an early manned balloon in flight. Japanese "encyclopedia", 1792(?), title/authour(s)/illustrator(s)/publisher/&c. unknown, believed to be a singl... More

Balloon sub hunting

Balloon sub hunting

Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description