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Balloons

‘Balloonomania’ and England’s first lady of flight

The 1836 ‘Royal Vauxhall Balloon’ ascent that set an eight-decade world distance record for manned flight

Robert Cocking: rise and fatal fall of a pioneer parachutist

Charles Green (1785-1870)

old engraving balloons in vauxhall gardens

Balloons

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