First balloon flight over the English Channel
First balloon flight over the English Channel, from Dover to the French coast, by Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Seen here is the balloon in flight between Calais and Boulogne, with a fisherman, a farm labourer and a shepherd looking up in astonishment
Picture No
10610334
Media ID
48035704
Size
5000px x 4109px
(6.6MB)
Credit
©The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)/Mary Evans
Source
Drawing by Desrais, engraved by L Bonvalet, published by Basset, Rue St Jacques, Paris
Date
7 January 1785
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1780s 1785 Aerostatic Astonishment Ballooning Blanchard Boulogne Calais Dover Labourer
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