Gallery

From balloon to blimp: staying afloat

Selection of images of airships, balloons, zeppelins and blimps. Join us on a journey through the clouds in some of the most imaginative floating vessels in history.

Curated by Published gallery

17 items

De luchtballon, Le Flezel, van Mr Montgolfier l'Aîné

Rijksmuseum

De ballon Le Météore van Eugène Godard in de tuin achter het Paleis voor Volksvlijt

Rijksmuseum

The Third Gordon Bennett Balloon Race

Rijksmuseum

Ballonvaart. 6e Internationale luchtrace om de Coupe Andries Blitz. Overzicht van de stadi…

Zuiden, Fotopersbureau Het

City Archives' s-Hertogenbosch

Ein Zeppelin wird in den Hangar gezogen, Flugtag Düsseldorf

Fotograf: Julius Söhn (1868 - 1943)

Digital Art and Culture Archive Düsseldorf

Three men are in the basket of a hot-air balloon, with ropes and various instruments. Colo…

Wellcome Collection

Parachute demonstration at park gala day. Photograph courtesy of the Pontefract and Castle…

Pontefract and Castleford Express

Wakefield Council

The first balloon ascent in history with passengers. The French Rozier and d 'Arlandes in…

Unknown

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

The Third Gordon Bennett Balloon Race

Rijksmuseum

The ballloon being filled on the ice.

Royal Museums Greenwich

Observers in the basket with telephones and maps

National Library of Scotland

One of our observation balloons coming to earth after a morning's work peering over the li…

National Library of Scotland

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Crowds gather at the parade ground of the Honorable Artillery Company to watch two hot-air…

Wellcome Collection

Bertie Bassett hot air balloon in Pontefract Park, as part of the 1997 Liquorice Festival.

Wakefield Council

For the Czechoslovak state - picture 26

National Film Archive