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RSS“Those in search of new sensations will be interested in this project of Mr. Carron, of Grenoble. It is an immense cone, designed to carry a cargo of fifteen passengers, and to fall from a lofty tower into a well of water. The tower is 300 yards high, and the swiftness of the descent is more than double that of the most rapid express train; the well is about 60 yards deep. the illustrations show the system of cones and springs, which serve to deaden the shock on striking the water” (via)
the horseback ascent of Pierre Testu-Brissy, Bellevue Park, Paris, October 16th 1798 (via)
“1915 1935. A young girl sits atop an aviation machine invented by Francois Baudot (standing, left), France. The machine was intended to fly after the bicycle reached a speed of thirty-five miles per hour.” (via)
Gustav Mesmer, “the Icarus of Lautertal”
(top photo by Franco Zehnder, via lemmy_caution’s Flickr; bottom by Stefan Hartmaier, via)
“The cyclist Gabriël Poulain (1884-1953) had the dream for his bike to fly. Here he is in a wing bike. France, 1921.” (via)
“A. Roy Knabenshue’s father, mother, and wife seen aloft over Chicago, Illinois, in the “Knabenshue Airship.” Photo dated July 1914. View looking forward along the length of the car.” (via)
“Soaring like an eagle into new heavens of valor and devotion”
Gutzon Borglum standing next to “The Aviator” (via)
“W T Warren Testing Helmet 1912” (via)
“The French aviator Chanteloup” (via)
“A strange glider of Frenchman Dervaux during games on the plateau of Auvergne / France. Photo 1922” (via)
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Beautiful patent drawing for R. J. Spalding’s Flying Machine, 1889. Complement with the illustrated history of human flight.
“Gustav Lilienthal, Otto’s Bruder” (via)
“(1910) - Photograph of dirigible race in the Dominguez Air Meet, Dominguez Field, Los Angeles, 1910. Two football-shaped zeppelins race across the skies, flying at low altitude. Each of them has single pilots. The pilots stand on a skeletal structure consisting of metal bars that is attached to the balloon with wires. Spectators (or judges) stand below on the plain field watching the zeppelins race. Further in the sky is a hot-air balloon with the phrase “all in the Examiner.”” (via)
“During the ascent in a balloon with the brothers Tissandier. Before a balloon: Group of men around the basket, holding ropes and sandbags” (1886, via)
“L’avion de Clément Ader, 1890” (via)
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