Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon (1908)
Hildebrandt, A. (Alfred), b. 1870, Story, W. H. tr · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 250
the balloonists employed at country shows. He made acareful examination into the records of accidents which havehappened to members of clubs affiliated to the German Associa-tion of Balloonists, and also to the Prussian and Bavarian BalloonCorps, and found that 36 accidents had happened as… … Fig. 141.—Balloon and balloonists on their way home. of whom was 7,570. But an improvement is even noticeableamong professional aeronauts, and they are now beginning toknow that confidence cannot be placed in an old patched balloon.Still they are not in a very enviable position; their professionis…
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