Farman and Besancon balloon flight
Maurice Farman and Georges Besancon at the start of their hot air-balloon ride twenty-four hours in the attemp to break the World record for flight time, held at 22:40 by scientist and balloonist Gaston Tissandier in 1875
Picture No
13974175
Media ID
46792147
Size
5255px x 4377px
(69MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Boscher in The Sketch', 2 December 1893, page 213
Date
October 1896
