Historical & technical | Tethered balloons around the world in 19th century


Tethered balloons around the world in 19th century



Following Henri Giffard's incredible exploitation, tethered balloons spread across the world. Giffard' student and pilot, Louis Godard is without a doubt the most powerful balloon maker of that era.

Louis Godard organized the following tethered balloons from 1884 to 1899 :

1884
Nice, Turin
1888
Barcelona-1742 flights in 110 days carrying 18,144 passengers
1888
Bueno Aires
1889
Paris, Trocadéro-1564 flights in 161 days carrying 19,194 passengers
1890
Nice, Rome
1891
Copenhague, Chicago
1893
Mexico, Toulon
1895
Paris, Champs-de-Mars for 110 days
1896
Budapest-554 flights in 60 days carrying 7,017 passengers
1897
Leipzig-1120 flights in 183 days carrying 13,019 passengers
1898
Turin-1841 flights in 208 days carrying 20,258 passengers

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