Famous airmen and their equipment [electronic resource] : with some notes on first-aid in emergencies (1912)
Burroughs Wellcome and Company · London : Burroughs Wellcome · leaf 15
dthin easy reach 14 THE EVOLUTION OK FLIGH 1 at Meudon, and before the battle of Fleurus, thegeneral and adjutant ascended with Coutelle, theballoon pilot, to reconnoitre. Balloons were used during the American Civil Warand with notable success at the siege of Paris, when the famous M. Gambetta… … ,akeu by the Mai In 1907, the Daily Graphic organised a balloonexpedition. The Mammoth, with Mr. Gaudron,Mr. J. L. Tannar and Mr. C. C. Turner on board,ascended from the Crystal Palace grounds onOctober 12, and, after remaining 19 hours in the airand covering 703 miles, the British distance…
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