Airships & Balloons

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Airships & Balloons

1 AERONAUTICS. Dramas in de wolken. Luchtreizen en luchtreizigers. Haarlem, Kruseman & Tjeenk Willink, 1875. 20p., with 10 woodcut illustrations by A.Tissandier, , 4to modern wrappers. - Taken from: De Aarde en haar Volken, Jrg. 11.

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2 AIRSHIP. 7 Printed leaves of Airship commercial advertising (3 photographed). ca. 1930. Ca. 18 x 28 cm.

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3 AIRSHIP. A front ring part placed in the interior of an Airship in construction (Akron?). 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 18,3 x 23,5 cm. (642-3-24-30).

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4 AIRSHIP. Baby Airship, Farnborough. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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5 AIRSHIP. Blimp above landscape. ca. 1930. Original photograph, 18,2 x 24,3 cm.

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6 AIRSHIP. G-FAAG/R-33. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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7 AIRSHIP. Instrument Board Installed below Pilot's Vision, of an Non-Rigid Airship. ca.1930. Original photograph, silver print, 9 x 12 cm. With annotation on verso.

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8 AIRSHIP. N1, Norge Air Ship at Oslo on Polar Flight, 1926. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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9 AIRSHIP. Norwegian Airship, N1/Norge. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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10 AIRSHIP. Photograph of an airship drawing: Characteristics of a modern 10,000,000 cu.ft. Rigid Airship. ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 20,2 x 25,7 cm.

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11 AIRSHIP. Polar Airship "Norge", N1. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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12 AIRSHIP. Profile drawing of the Akron. ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 20,3 x 25,7 cm.

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13 AIRSHIP. Proportionally in Scale: U.S.NAVY L - U.S.NAVY G - U.S.NAVY K - U.S.NAVY M. ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 25,4 x 20,6 cm.

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14 AIRSHIP. R-100, G-FAAV. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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15 AIRSHIP. R.101, G-FAAW, RAF Display, Hendon, 1930. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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16 AIRSHIP. R.101, G-FAAW. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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17 AIRSHIP. R.33. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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18 AIRSHIP. R.34. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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19 AIRSHIP. R101, G-FAAW. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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20 AIRSHIP. R31. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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21 AIRSHIP. R33. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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22 AIRSHIP. R36 Airship, G-FAAF. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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23 AIRSHIP. Sketch of an USS Airship in compariso with the lenght of a three funnel steamer. ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 15,2 x 23 cm. With stamp, annotations and mouinted letterpress ticket on verso. - Folding and a few discoloured spots.

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24 AIRSHIP. SSZ14, RNAS Mullion. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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25 AIRSHIP. SSZ60 Sea Scout Zero Class Airship. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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26 AIRSHIP. Two profiles. Aerial Freighter has huge cargo storage space. ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 20,3 x 25,7 cm.

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27 AIRSHIP. ZMC-2, U.S.Navy. ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 12 x 16,8 cm.

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¶ The Aircraft Development Corporation ZMC-2 was the only successfully-operated metal-skinned airship ever built. It was built in Grosse Ile, Michigan, first flown on August 19, 1929, and flew safely for over ten years. As a sub-scale test vehicle, it was considered to be very successful, but the company that built it did not weather the Great Depression well, and by the time a successor might have been built, there was little interest in pursuing it. The ZMC-2 was operated with a zero internal pressure at speeds up to 20 mph, sufficient for it to be considered a 'rigid' airship. With its low finess ratio (length/diameter) of 2.83 the ZMC-2 was difficult to fly. Though durable, the ZMC-2 was not flown much. It was flown each 19 August, yet between December 1938 and April 1941 it only logged 5 hours flight time. - The ZMC-2 was nicknamed the "Tin Bubble" and was also sometimes called a "tinship". It was not made of tin, but of Alclad, which was invented by the Aluminum Company of America. Alclad was made by coating duraluminum, an aluminum alloy, with pure aluminum. Alclad had the strength of duralumin, and the corrosion resistance of aluminum. It had roughly a teardrop-shape, and had eight small stabilizer fins, four of which had rudders. - It was scrapped in 1941, reaching its planned lifetime after more than 10 years of service. Other, more conventional blimps did go on to serve in World War 2.
The Aircraft Development Corporation was a company owned by the Detroit Aircraft Corporation
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28 AIRSHIP AW R.333. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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29 AIRSHIP Baby Airship Farnborough. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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30 AIRSHIPS. Airships (US Navy D-02, D-03, D-04) observing bombing July 13 1921, Army Air Services. 1921. Original photograph, silver print, 15,4 x 20,8 cm. Photograph no 21492 - 10061 A.S.

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31 AIRSHIPS. The airship "The Puritan" Good Year, landed on the roof of a New York building. New York, Keystone View Co., 1928. Original photograph, silver print, 16,5 x 21,5 cm. With stamp and mounted letterpress ticket on verso (19.10.1928).

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32 AKRON. A Model of the Navu Dirigible "Akron" at the Army's Exposition and Carnival at the War College. In front Major Davidson, Commandant of Bolling Field. Wide World Photos, 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 19,3x 24,3 cm. With stamp and mounted letterpress ticket on verso (9-30-30)

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33 AKRON. Auxiliary Control Room of the USS Akron. New York, Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America, ca. 1934. Original photograph, silver print, 25,2 x 20,2 cm. Photograph no 1103-91831-J.

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34 AKRON. Bow Mooring Cone and Spindle of the USS Akron. ca. 1931. Original photograph, silver print, 18,6 x 23,5 cm. Photograph no 866-8331. With annotation on verso.

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35 AKRON. Construction of an Airship-Hangar at Akron, Ohio. Akron, Ohio, ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 16,8 x 21,7 cm. Photograph no Man-8-14-09 C.

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36 AKRON. Construction of the Airship Akron in a Hangar of Akron, Ohio. Akron, Ohio, 1931. Original photograph, silver print, 18 x 23 cm. Photograph no 350-4-1-31 B.

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37 AKRON. Construction of the Airship Akron in a Hangar of Akron, Ohio. 1931. Original photograph, silver print, 18 x 23,6 cm. Photograph no A 452-42831.

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38 AKRON. Construction of the Airship Akron in a Hangar of Akron, Ohio, front ciew. 1931. Original photograph, silver print, 17,8 x 23,6 cm.

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39 AKRON. Hull Structure from Dock Floor of the USS Akron. ca. 1931. Original photograph, silver print, 18,6 x 23,5 cm. Photograph no 866-8331. With annotation on verso.

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40 AKRON. In the Control Cabin of the USS Akron. Two views. New York, Aeronaitical Chamber of Commerce of America, 1931. Original photograph, silver print, 16,5 x 23,5 cm. Photograph no 1193-81831. With annotation and stamp on verso.

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41 AKRON. Interior View Hull Structure, looking Forward of the USS Akron. 1931. Original photograph, silver print, 18,6 x 23,4 cm.

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42 AKRON. Model showing Framework of the airship USS Akron. New York, Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America, 1929. Original photograph, silver print, 18,4 x 23,8 cm. With stamp on verso. Photograph no A 2372-10-26-29.

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43 AKRON. Rear view showing Rudder and Fin of the USS Akron, with around crew. New York/Washington, Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America/Official Photograph U.S.Navy, 1931. Original photograph, silver print, 18,3 x 22,5 cm. With stamps on verso.

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44 AKRON. Starboard Gangway, looking afterwards from Frame of the USS Akron. ca. 1931. Original photograph, silver print, 18,6 x 23,5 cm. With annotation on verso.

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45 AKRON. The Dirigible Akron, in the Hangar at Akron, Ohio, photographed from front. New York, Keystone, 1931. Original photograph, silver print, 15,3 x 19,5 cm. ()18-8-31). With stamp and mounted letterpress ticket on verso.

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46 AKRON. The U.S.S. Akron, US Navy flying, view from the air. ca. 1925. Original photograph, silver print, 16,6 x 21,5 cm. Photograph no 92331.

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47 AKRON. The USS Akron on mast. 1931. Original photograph, silver print, 15,3 x 19,5 cm. (1108-923 31 0). With stamp and annotations on verso. A few discoloured spots.

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48 AKRON. The USS Akron in the air. Crowd below. 1931. Original photograph, silver print, 18,3 x 23,6 cm. Photograph no 1191-1021131 B.

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49 ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH. R33 Airship, moored. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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50 BALLOON. Balloon withe the text: Champion Uw Vulpen. ca. 1935, original photograph, silver print, 5,5 x 5,5 cm. Reverse text: Koch was te zwaar voor de ballon! (Henri Hegener).

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51 BALLOONING. Four balloons. ca. 1935, original photographs, 11,8 x 8 cm.

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52 BALLOONS. 30 Balloons on the Loddenheide, Münster, 1930 Original photograph, silver print, 12 x 16,5 cm.

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¶ 1930 etwa richteten die Stadt und die Luftfahrtvereinigung Münster das damals größte luftsportliche Ereignis der Welt auf dem Fluggelände Loddenheide aus. Am 15. Juni säumten über 100.000 Menschen den Flugplatz, fast 2000 Helfer waren an der Organisation beteiligt. Das Luftschiff "Graf Zeppelin" kam extra aus Friedrichshafen, 30 Gasballone gingen gleichzeitig an den Start.
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53 BEARDMORE. R36, G-FAAF. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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54 BLIMP. T-C-5, US Army Blimp. Photograph, 14 x 9 cm.

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55 C*8. Coastal Star Class Airship, 1918. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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56 CITY OF GLENDALE. The all-metal Dirigible 'City of Glendale", is taken from its Slate Aircraft Hangar at Glendale, California, for final power tests before its maiden aerial voyage. Wide World Photos, 1929. Original photograph, silver print, 18,1 x 23,5 cm. 912/21/290. With stamp and mounted letterpress ticket on verso.

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57 CRANWELL. Airship Station, 1917. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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58 DEFENDER. Interior of the Passengers-Room of the Good Year Airship Defender 1929. Original photograph, silver print, 18,3 x 23,5 cm. Photograph 1863-8-22-29. With annotations on verso.

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59 DEFENDER. The Control-Room of the Airship Goodyear Defender. 1929. Original photograph, silver print, 18,5 x 23,6 cm. (1862-8-22-29). With annotations on verso.

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60 DEUTSCHE-PRESSE-PHOTO-ZENTRALE. 30 Balloons before the start on the Loddenheide, Münster, 15.6.1930. Berlin, Deutsche Presse Photo Zentrale, 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 13 x 18 cm. - Stamp. Text on verso in german.

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61 DIRIGIBLE. Passenger Compartment, looking Forward of a non-rigid Dirigible. ca. 1932. Original photograph, silver print, 23,4 x 18,5 cm. (Photograph no. 1083-11-234 E).

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62 DIRIGIBLE. Passenger Compartment, looking Afterward of a non-rigid Dirigible. ca. 1932. Original photograph, silver print, 23,4 x 18,6 cm. (Photograph no. 1083-11-234 A).

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63 DIRIGIBLE. Pilots Compartment of a non-rigid Dirigible. ca. 1932. Original photograph, silver print, 18,6 x 23,4 cm. (Photograph no. 1083-11-234 J).

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64 FAVRESSE, P. Le ballon americain no.3 après un malheureux départ, déchire le filet du ballon no.12 (le Bruxelles) et du fait empêche ce dernier de prendre part à l'épreuve, Bruxelles le 23-7bre 1913. Schaerbeek-Bruxelles, P. Favresse, 1913. Original photograph, gelatine silver print, 20,1 x 14,5 cm. - Vague horizontal fold.

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65 FRANKL, A. & E. The Balloon "Bartsch von Sigsfeld". Berlin-Steglitz, A. & E. Frankl, ca. 1930-1933. Original photograph, gelatine silver print, 19,4 x 14,6 cm. - Stamp. Text on verso in german and dutch.

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¶ In den Jahren 1932 und 1933 stand dem Verein der fast 10.000 cbm fassende Höhenforschungsballon "Bartsch von Sigsfeld" zur Verfügung, der vor allem dazu gebaut worden war, Flugzeugmotoren in großen Höhen zu testen. Sein Gasinhalt reichte aus, um sechs der "normalen" 1680 Kubikmeter-Ballone zu füllen. Als Ballast verwendete man Eisenstaub oder Feilspäne, die in Papiersäcken an ein Loch im Boden des Korbes geschoben wurden. Bei Bedarf schnitt man die Säcke mit dem Messer auf. In dieser Zeit machte Auguste Piccard seine Stratosphärenaufstiege im Ballon. Am 27. Mai 1931 drang er mit seinem Ballon, der statt des Korbes eine runde luftdichte Aluminiumgondel trug, die bei Krupp in Essen gefertigt war, bis in die Stratosphäre vor. Er erreichte eine Höhe von 15.781 Metern. Bei einem zweiten Versuch im Jahr 1932 stieg der Piccard'sche Ballon bis auf 19.940 Meter. 1933 erreichten die Essener Walter Popp, Hilmar Waldmann und Dr. Galbas mit dem Riesenballon "Bartsch von Sigsfeld", der nicht mit dem sonst üblichen Leuchtgas, sondern mit Wasserstoffgas gefüllt war, von Gelsenkirchen aus eine Höhe von 10.500 m. Der nächste Start mit der Riesenkugel fand In Gelsenkirchen statt. Im Korb waren neben dem Wuppertaler Alexander Dahl die Essener Ballonfahrer Walter Popp und Dr. Galbas. Sie erreichten eine Höhe von 11.075 m. Diese Fahrten dienten der Klimaforschung, Verbesserung des Sauerstoffgerätes durch Walter Popp, der Funkeigenpeilung mit Auswertegerät DRP 552 381 und Höhenbestimmung durch Lichtbildvermessung. Alexander Dahl machte aus der erreichten Höhe von über 11.000 m Aufnahmen von der Erde, auf denen erstmalig die Erdkrümmung zu erkennen ist. - - - - - Die größte Höhe im offenen Korb in der Geschichte der Ballonfahrt erreichten nach eigenen Angaben - die offizielle Anerkennung blieb aus - der Ballonführer Alexander Dahl, der Meteorologe Dr. Galbas und Walter Popp am 31. August 1933 im Spezial-Höhenballon "Bartsch von Sigsfeld" mit 11.300 Meter. Diese Leistung wurde bisher im offenen Korb nie mehr überboten. Alexander Dahl gelang dabei mit einer speziellen Infrarotkamera die erste Aufnahme der Erdkrümmung. Die letzte Höhenfahrt mit dem Ballon "Bartsch v. Sigsfeld" brachte den Meteorologen Schrenk und Masuch 1934 den Tod. - - - Balloon Disaster. The Bartsch von Sigsfeld, Germany's largest balloon, which ascended from Bitterfeld on May 13 on sub-stratosphere investigation work, was found wrecked on the Soviet-Latvian frontier. Both pilot and observer perished.
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66 FRANKL, A. & E. Six ballons before the start inBitterfeld, Saxen Berlin-Steglitz, A. & E. Frankl, ca. 1929. Original photograph, gelatine silver print, 14,2 x 19,5 cm. - Stamp. Text on verso in dutch.

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67 G-1. The Nonrigid Airship G-1 in hands of ground crew preparatory to take-off. Official Photograph US Navy, 1935. Original photograph, silver print, 19 x 24 cm. (Oct 7 1935). With stamps and annotations on verso.

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68 GAMMA. Airship. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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69 GLENDALE. Construction of Airship The City of Glendale. Wide World Photos, 1929. Original photograph, silver print, 18,7 x 23,5 cm. With stamp and mounted letterpress ticket on verso.

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70 GOOD YEAR. Blimp. Volunteer Los Angelos NC-8A. ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, postcard, 9 x 13,8 cm.

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71 GOOD YEAR. Blimp. Defender NC-12A. 1929. Original photograph, silver print, 18,2 x 23,6 cm.

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72 GOOD YEAR. Blimp. Reliance NC-14A. New York, International News Photos, ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 16 x 24 cm.

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73 GOOD YEAR. Blimp. Defender NC-12A, aeril view on Akron airfield. 1929. Original photograph, silver print, 18,2 x 23,6 cm.

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74 GOOD YEAR. Blimp. Volunteer NC-8A, above buildings. 1929. Original photograph, silver print, 18 x 23,7 cm.

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75 GOODYEAR. Airship Reliance, NC-14A. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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76 GRAF ZEPPELIN. D-LZ130. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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77 HANSA LUFTBILD. Panorama photograph taken from a balloon, of the center of Dresden, October 1935. Berlin, Hansa Luftbild, Original photograph, silver print, 11 x 14 cm, with stamp on verso.

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78 HEINEN, Anton. Captain Anton Heinen his new "Baby Dirigible" in the Hangar at Cape May. Philadelphia, Wide World Photos, 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 19,3 x 25,1 cm. With stamp, and mouinted letterpress ticket on verso.

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¶ Captain Anton Heinen, German Dirigible Expert and Consulting Engineer for the Shenandoah.
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79 HEINEN, Anton. The "Baby Blimp" in the Hangar at Cape May, before its first flight from Cape May to Atlantic City, NY with three passengers and pilot. Philadelphia, Wide World Photos, 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 19,5 x 25 cm. With stamp, and mouinted letterpress ticket on verso. (9-29-30).

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¶ Captain Anton Heinen, German Dirigible Expert and Consulting Engineer for the Shenandoah.
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80 HEINEN, Anton. The "Baby Blimp" 10584 in the air. Berlin, Pacific- & Atlantic Photos, 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 12 x 16,5 cm. With stamp, and mounted letterpress ticket on verso.

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¶ Captain Anton F. Heinen, German Dirigible Expert and Consulting Engineer for the Shenandoah.
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81 HEINEN, Anton. The Heinen Air Yacht, "Baby Blimp" 10584 on its first official tests at Cape May, New Yersey. New York, Keystone View Company, 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 14,5 x 20,4 cm. With stamp, and mounted letterpress ticket on verso.

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¶ Captain Anton F. Heinen, German Dirigible Expert and Consulting Engineer for the Shenandoah.
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82 HILL. Hill Automatic Riveting Machine. Aircraft Development Corporation patent "Sews" 40,000 rivets per day. Enable two men to perform work of 128 men by hand. ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 18,6 x 23,5 cm mounted on cloth. Photograph no 17.

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83 J-3. The U.S.Navy J-3 over building. Official Photograph U.S.Navy, 1935. Original photograph, silver print, 17,6 x 22,8 cm. With stamp on verso.

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84 K-I. The K-I U.S.Navy over Washington, DC. Official Photograph U.S.Navy/U.S.Naval Air Station, 1935. Original photograph, silver print, 24,3 x 19 cm. With stamps on verso.

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85 L.Z.120. The L.Z.120 in the Airship-Hangar at Seerappen (Ostpreussen), and next the L 30 in construction, in 1920. 1936. Original photograph, silver print, 17,6 x 23,5 cm. (26.3.36). With mounted letterpress tickets on verso.

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86 LAKEHURST. In the Hangar of Lakehurst, New Yersey, the airship Los Angeles, two Blimps and the new all-metal airship ZMC-2 under the huge roof. Wide World Photos, 1929. Original photograph, silver print, 18 x 23,7 cm. With stamp and mounted letterpress ticket on verso. (9/26/29).

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87 LAKEHURST. The Zeppelin "Graf Zeppelin", the US Navy dirigible "Los Angeles"and a smaller Blimp (J-----), in the giant Hangar at Lakehurst, New Yersey. Wide World Photos, 1929. Original photograph, silver print, 19,2 x 24,5 cm, with stamp and mounte letterpress ticket on verso. (8/6/29).

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88 LOS ANGELES. The USS Los Angeles and 3 others blimps in the Hangar at Lakehurst. Wide World Photos, 1935. Original photograph, silver print, 19,1 x 24,2 cm. With stamp and mounted letterpress ticket on verso. Folding in right upper corner.

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89 LOS ANGELES. The U.S.Navy Los Angeles (ZR-3) flyong low over Bedloe's Island, New York. Wide World Photos, 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 18,7 x 24,3 cm. With stamp and mounted letterpress ticket on verso. (7-22-30).

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90 LOS ANGELES. USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) Landing on USS Saratoga (CV-3), 27 January 1928. Official Photograph U.S.Navy, 1928. Original photograph, silver print, 23,1 x 16,5 cm. With stamp on verso.

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91 MACON. Automatic Telegraph in the Control Room of the USS Macon. ca. 1933. Original photograph, silver print, 20,4 x 15,3 cm. With stamps and mounted letterpress tickets on verso.

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92 MACON. Auxiliary Control Room, looking Forward of the USS Macon. ca. 1932. Original photograph, silver print, 24,8 x 19,8 cm. Photograph no 298-4-2039.

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93 MACON. Bow Mooring Equipment of the USS Macon. 1932. Original photograph, silver print, 24,7 x 19,8 cm. Photograph no 298-42033 B. With annotation on verso.

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94 MACON. Chef Working in Galley of the USS Macon. 1932. Original photograph, silver print, 24,7 x 19,8 cm. Photograph no 1173-101431 B. With annotation on verso.

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95 MACON. Construction of the USS Macon, nearly completed. (Photograph by W.T.). 1933. Original photograph, silver print, 18,4 x 23,9 cm. Photograph no 140-21333. With annotation on verso.

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96 MACON. Crews Quarters of the USS Macon. ca. 1932. Original photograph, silver print, 19,8 x 24,8 cm.

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97 MACON. Engine Room of the USS Macon. ca. 1932. Original photograph, silver print, 19,8 x 24,7 cm.

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98 MACON. Gangway Platform to Mast of the USS Macon. 1932. Original photograph, silver print, 18,5 x 23,5 cm. With annotation on verso.

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99 MACON. Inflating Gas Cells in the Interior of the USS Macon. Akron, Ohio, 1932. Original photograph, silver print, 18,5 x 23,5 cm. Photograph no 190-22433. With annotation on verso.

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100 MACON. Inflating Gas Cells of the USS Macon. Paris, The New York Times/World Wide Photos, ca. 1932. Original photograph, silver print, 18,3 x 23,8 cm. With stamp and annotatio on verso.

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101 MACON. Installation of Fuel and Oil System of the USS Macon. ca. 1933. Original photograph, silver print, 23,5 x 18,5 cm. Photograph no 1013-11-234F. With annotation on verso.

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102 MACON. Interior of the twelve Gas Cells of the Airship, the U.S.S. Macon, before his first flight on March 11, 1933, Akron, Ohio. Akron, Ohio, Wide World, 1933. Original photograph, silver print, 21,5 x 17 cm. Photograph 190-22433A (3/3/33). With stamp and mounted letterpress ticket on verso.

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103 MACON. Interior of the USS Macon, checking the Gasoline Tanks, in the narrow Catwalk in the ship inside Hull. Akron, Ohio, Wide World/The New York Times, 1933. Original photograph, silver print, 21,5 x 17 cm. (5/23/33). With stamps and mounted letterpress tickets on verso.

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104 MACON. Lateral Gangway in the Interior of the USS Macon. Akron, Ohio, 1933. Original photograph, silver print, 19,8 x 24,8 cm. With annotation on verso.

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105 MACON. Pilots Compartment (K. L. Fickes), with Instrument Board above Pilot's Vision. ca. 1933. Original photograph, silver print, 18,5 x 23,5 cm. Photograph no 1083---- ---. With annotation on verso.

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¶ Karl L. Fickes, a Goodyear blimp specialist who flew on the trial flights of the Hindenberg. Fickes made his first trans-Atlantic crossing on the Graf Zeppelin from Lakehurst, N.J., to Friedrichshafen, Germany, in 1930.He also participated in trial flights of the Hindenburg to Rio de Janiero and its first Atlantic crossing. The Hindenburg exploded over Lakehurst in 1937. June 15.
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106 MACON. Progress Work on Hull Structure of the USS Macon. Akron, Ohio, 1932. Original photograph, silver print, 18,5 x 23,5 cm. Photograph no 743-713329. With annotation on verso.

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107 MACON. Progress Work on Bow of the USS Macon. 1932. Original photograph, silver print, 23,5 x 18,5 cm. With annotation on verso.

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108 MACON. The entire crew in front of the airship Macon, at Sunnyvale, Calfornia airship dock. Wide World Photos, ca. 1934. Original photograph, silver print, 16,8 x 21,8 cm. (WB 1724-B, 2-13-2-35). With stamp and mounted letterpress ticket on verso.

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109 MACON. The Gondola with crew in and in front of the USS Macon. Wide World Photos, ca. 1932. Original photograph, silver print, 18,4 x 23,5 cm. With stamp and mounted letterpress ticket on verso.

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110 MACON. The Helmsman's cabin of the Airship Macon during a flight. 1935. Original photograph, silver print, 13,9 x 19 cm. (13.2.35). With stamp, and mounted letterpress tickets on verso.

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111 MACON. The U.S.S. Macon over New York City. Official Photograph US Navy, ca. 1930-1933. Original photograph, silver print, 18 x 22,7 cm. With stamp on verso.

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112 MACON. The USS Macon at Sunneville (California), south of San Francisco. 1933. Original photograph, silver print, 8,5 x 12 cm. With annotation on verso.

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113 MACON. The USS Macron in construction from the rear, at Sunnyvale, California. Paris, Wide World Photos, 1932. Original photograph, silver print, 15,3 x 19,5 cm. (1108-923 31 0). With stamp and annotations on verso. A few discoloured spots.

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114 MACON. The USS Macron on mast, before the forst flight in 1944. Berlin, Robert Sennecke Verlag, 1935. Original photograph, silver print, 12 x 16 cm. (1108-923 31 0). With stamp and mounted letterpress ticket on verso.

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115 MACON. View of the after section of the Control Car of the USS Macon. Paris, The New York Times/World Wide Photos, 1933. Original photograph, silver print, 17 x 21,5 cm. With stamps and mounted letterpress tickets on verso. (5/23/33).

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116 MANUEL, Henri. Photograph of Balloons in Parc de Saint-Cloud, Paris, on 16 April 1927, during the departure for the "Prix Alfred-Leblanc". Paris, Henri Manuel, 1927. Original photograph, silver print, 18 x 13 cm, photograph number 31979. - Text on verso in french.

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¶ Henri Manuel (1874 - 1947) was a Parisian photographer who served as the official photographer of the French government from 1914 - 1944. - In 1900, Manuel opened a portrait studio in Paris with his brother Gaston, which specialised in portrait photography. Manuel quickly became renowned as a photographer of people from the worlds of politics, art and sports, as well as a photographer of art and architecture. Soon his portraits were used by news agencies, and in 1910 Maneul's studio began providing a commercial service to news agencies for photographs known as "l�Agence universelle de reportage Henri Manuel". The studio became the largest photographic studio in Paris and a leading centre where young aspiring photographers such as Thérèse Bonney might go to work. In 1925, the brothers moved their business to 27 rue du Faubourg Montmartre, where they expanded their business into fashion photography for the likes of Chanel, Patou, Poiret and Lanvin. By 1941 the studio had produced over a million images, spread between fashion photographs, news agency photographs, personal portraits and other images. The studio was shut down during the Second World War, and most of the photographic plates were destroyed. Some 500 survived, and ultimately passed into possession of the Médiathèque de l�architecture et du patrimoine. - - - - - The Aéro-Club de France was central to the progress of sport ballooning in the early years of the century. It created a system of pilot assessment and licensing to keep the sport safe, and organised competitions to provide challenges for its members. An 'Aéro-Parc' was set up in pleasant surroundings at Saint Cloud for the purpose of balloon launches, and the Club's membership swelled. In 1913, 479 ascents were made from the Parc alone - more than one every day of the year. The most prestigious competition was the Grand Prix of the Aéro-Club, first held in 1905.
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117 MARION, Fulgence. Les Ballons et les voyages aériens. Paris, L.Hachette, 1881. 4th edition, revised & enlarged, 313 p., 34 woodengrav. plates & textillustr., sm. 8vo gilt lettered & illustr. original cloth. - Bit browned.

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118 METALCLAD AIRSHIP. In the Hangar Metalclad Airship. Showing portable riveting machine in foreground. ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 23,3 x 17,9 cm mounted on cloth. Photograph no 16.

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119 METALCLAD AIRSHIP. In the Hangar Metalclad Airship. Showing two halves assembled horizontal position. ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 23,5 x 17,7 cm mounted on cloth. Photograph no 18.

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120 METALCLAD AIRSHIP. Aircraft Development Corporation. Showing vertical method of assembly world's first all-metal aiship. ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 23,5 x 18,5 cm mounted on cloth. Photograph no 15.

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121 METALCLAD AIRSHIP. Aircraft Development Corporation. Showing vertical method of assembly world's first all-metal aiship (2). ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 23,5 x 18,5 cm.

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122 METALCLAD AIRSHIP. Forward View. ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 23,5 x 18,5 cm mounted on cloth. Photograph no 24.

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123 METALCLAD AIRSHIP. Rear View. ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 17,8 x 23,2 cm mounted on cloth. Photograph no 23.

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124 METALCLAD AIRSHIP. Internal View. ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 18,5 x 23,5 cm mounted on cloth. Photograph no 19.

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125 METALCLAD AIRSHIP. Internal View of car, showing gas tanks. ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 23,2 x 17,8 cm mounted on cloth. Photograph no 22.

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126 METALCLAD AIRSHIP. Internal View. Detroit, Kalec Inc., ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 18,4 x 23,7 cm. Photograph no 19.

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127 MR 16. The Transatlantic Type Metalclad Airship MR 16. ca. 1931. Original photograph, silver print, 19,1 x 23,4 cm. (No 28).

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128 NC-13a. The Blimp NC-13A, used for life-saving a person from drowning tests off the Long Island Coast. New York, Keystone, ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 15,2 x 20,2 cm. With stamp and mounted letterpress ticket on verso.

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129 NELL, Chr. A.C. Naar aanleiding van Dr. Braak's ,,Drachen-Freiballon- und Fesselballon-Beobachtungen". Amsterdam, K.N.A.G., 1916. 4p., 8vo modern wrs.

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¶ Original extract taken from the periodical K.N.A.G. (Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap)., Vol. XXXIII.

130 PICCARD, Auguste & Max COSIJNS. Portrait of Professor Auguste Piccard and Max Cosijns, with the King Albert I of Belgium and his son Prince Léopold, in the Palais des Académies, Brussels, for the conference of Auguste Piccard, 18 August 1932. 1932. Original photograph, gelatine silver print, 13 x 18 cm.

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¶ Auguste Antoine Piccard (January 28, 1884 - March 24, 1962) was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer. Piccard and his twin brother Jean Felix were born in Basel, Switzerland. Showing an intense interest in science as a child, he attended the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, and became a professor of physics in Brussels at the Free University of Brussels in 1922, the same year his son Jacques Piccard was born. He was a member of the Solvay Congress of 1927. In 1930, an interest in ballooning, and a curiosity about the upper atmosphere led him to design a spherical, pressurized aluminum gondola that would allow ascent to great altitude without requiring a pressure suit. Supported by the Belgian Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) Piccard constructed his gondola. "Exploration is the sport of the scientist." (Auguste Piccard) May 27, 1931. Image courtesy of: Collection Musée du Léman, Nyon - SuisseOn May 27, 1931, Auguste Piccard and Paul Kipfer took off from Augsburg, Germany, and reached a record altitude of 15,785 m (51,775 ft). During this flight, Piccard was able to gather substantial data on the upper atmosphere, as well as measure cosmic rays. On August 18, 1932, launched from Dübendorf, Switzerland, Piccard and Max Cosyns made a second record-breaking ascent to 16,200 m (53,152 ft). He ultimately made a total of twenty-seven balloon flights setting a final record of 23,000 m (72,177 ft). In the mid-1930s, Piccard's interests shifted when he realized that a modification of his high altitude balloon cockpit would allow descent into the deep ocean. By 1937, he had designed a small steel gondola to withstand great external pressure. Construction began, but was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. Resuming work in 1945, he completed the bubble-shaped cockpit that maintained normal air pressure for a person inside the capsule even as the water pressure outside increased to over 6,800 pounds per square inch. Above the heavy steel capsule, a large flotation tank was attached and filled with a low density liquid for buoyancy. Liquids are relatively incompressible and can provide buoyancy that does not change as the pressure increases. And so, the huge tank was filled with gasoline, not as a fuel, but as flotation. To make the now floating craft sink, tons of iron were attached to the float with a release mechanism to allow resurfacing. This craft was named FNRS-2 and made a number of unmanned dives in 1948 before being given to the French Navy in 1950.[1] There, it was redesigned, and in 1954, it took a man safely down 4,176 m (13,700 ft). The Bathyscaphe TriesteWith the experience of FNRS-2 Piccard and his son Jacques built the improved Bathyscaphe Trieste. Jacques Piccard made many dives, mainly off Italy, from 1954 on, before selling her to the US Navy in 1957 for $250,000. On her 65th dive, the younger Piccard and Lt. Don Walsh of the US Navy reached a depth 35,800 ft (10,900 m) in the Mariana Trench, a few hundred miles from Guam, setting a new record. Jacques' book Seven Miles Down tells the full story of the FNRS-2 and Trieste. Auguste Piccard died 1962 in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was 78. His grandson Bertrand Piccard also became a balloonist, taking part in the first world circumnavigation. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Max Cosyns (1906 - 1998) was a Belgian physicist, inventor and explorer. He was Auguste Piccard's assistant at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and on 18 August 1932 participated in the record-breaking ascent into the stratosphere to 16,200 m (53,152 ft), launched from Dübendorf, Switzerland. For this he was awarded the Cross of Knight of the Order of Leopold by the Belgian King in 1932. On 18 August 1934 Cosyns together with his student Nérée van der Elst piloted a balloon to an altitude of 52,952 feet. Following a take off from Hour-Havenne in Belgium, they flew over Germany and Austria before landing near the village of Zenavlje (now in Slovenia). They were unsuccessful in maintaining satisfactory radio communication with ground, but were able to make observations of the currents in the stratosphere as well as investigate the nature of the cosmic rays. They failed to beat the height record, but stated on landing that they were fully satisfied with their discoveries. A large bronze monument in the shape of a balloon was erected in 1997 on the spot of their landing in Zenavlje to commemorate the event.. In the Second World War he joined the Resistance and was imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp. After the war he was co-director of the FNRS-2 bathyscaphe expedition in Dakar in 1948. In 1952 he was in charge of the speleological expedition to the Gouffre de la Pierre-Saint-Martin cave system in the Pyrenees. The French speleologist Marcel Loubens, died in an accident with an electric hoist during the ascent after spending four days in the cave when the steel cable snapped. Cosyns as head of the expedition and due to his involvement in the design of the winch was considered responsible for the accident.
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131 RUGE, Willi. Four Balloons before the departure, at Berlin-Tempelhof, October 1928. Berlin, Fotoaktuell Willi Ruge, 1928. Original photograph, silver print, 13 x 18 cm, photograph number 31979. - Text on verso in german and dutch.

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¶ Ruge, Willi (1892-1961), German photojournalist and agency proprietor, specializing in sports and aviation. He started photography in 1910 and between the wars, working mainly for the Berlin illustrated press, typified the new breed of modern daredevil photojournalist, taking spectacularly composed pictures from parachutes, or from aircraft performing aerobatics or in combat. He was an official air force photographer in both world wars and after 1945 worked with magazines like Weltbild and Quick. His picture archive was destroyed in 1943. - - - - - Der Start der 4 Freiballone um den großen Wanderpreis des deutschen Luftfahrtverbandes auf dem Centralflughafen in Berlin-Tempelhof! Der gutgelungene Start der 4 Freiballone um den großen Wanderpreis des deutschen Luftfahrtverbandes auf dem Centralflughafen in Berlin-Tempfelhof.
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132 S.S.T.2. Sea Scout Zero Twin Class Airship, S.S.T.2, Polegate, 1917. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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133 SANTOS-DUMONT, Alberto. Im Reich der Lüfte. Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1905. 176 p., with portrait & many illustrations, large 8vo coloured original cloth. First german edition.

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134 SAZERAC DE FORGE, L. La conquête de l'Air. Les problémes de la locomotion aérienne. Les dirigeables et l'aviation. Leurs applications. Peris--Nancy, Berger-Levrault & Cie, 1907. x,378 pp, with 136 illustrations, index, 8vo halfcloth. - One of the first publications on Airships.

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135 SEA SCOUT. S.S.Z59 Airship on HMS Firious & S.S.Z60 in the air. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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136 SEA SCOUT. Type Airship, SS.14A, Pulham 1918. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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137 SSZ19. Sea Scout Zero Class Airship, SSZ19, Polegate, 1917. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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138 TC13. The Blimp TC13 U.S.Army powered with two Pratt & Whitney engines. ca. 1935. Original photograph, silver print, 19 x 24,2 cm. Photograph no 2399. With annotation on verso.

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139 WIDE WORLD PHOTO. The start of the National Race on May 30, 1928 in Pittsburgh, before it turned ou of a disaster. Wide World Photo, 1928. Original photograph, gelatine silver print, 17 x 23,5 cm.

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¶ Flight. June 14, 1928 - American Balloon Race Fatalities: In spite of warnings that thunderstorms might be expected the national elimination balloon race started at Pittsburgh on May 30 and thirteen of the fourteen balloons were quickly forced down. Lieut. P. Everet, the pilot of the Army balloon No. 3 was killed when his balloon was struck by lightning and caught fire. His companion, Lieut, Ugent, managed to bring it down without injury to himself. Another balloon, the Goodyear, No. 5, caught fire also, and its pilot, Mr. Ward T. van Orman, broke his leg, after leaping with a parachute, and his companion, Mr. Walter
Morton, was found dead after he had jumped out. The airship, Los Angeles, was abroad during the storm but returned safely to Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Flying in the U.S. Nat.B-Races. - - - - The National Race of 1928, held on May 30 in Pittsburgh, turned out a disaster. Lightning strikes downed three aircraft, including Van Orman's. A direct thunderbolt killed Morton instantly and ignited hydrogen in the gas bag. The balloon's basket fell from three thousand feet, supported by a "parachute" of what remained of its gas bag. Van Orman, unconscious in his basket, survived the impact without serious injuries. "I was looking directly at the flash... hardly thicker than my finger ... it passed within two feet of my eyes. I had time after the flash to look up over the edge of the 'rain dodger' we had spread across the top of the basket and note that the bottom of the bag apparently was still intact. Probably it was two or three seconds after the flash before the concussion knocked me unconscious. How high we were, I don't know. When I came to, my head was lying outside the basket, with rain falling on my head. I felt Mortom beside me...Van Orman, 1928".
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140 WINGFOOT LAKE. A Good Year Airship in front of the Hangar at Wingfoot Lake, Akro. Second view the Interior of the Airship (Defender). 1929. Original photograph, silver print, 17 x 23 cm. With stamp and mounted letterpress ticket on verso.

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141 WORLD WAR I. French Republican Guard. Band and trophics. From: Zeppelin brought down at Potters Bar. The Central Press, ca.1915, original photograph, 19,6 x 14,4 cm, Photograph no S 366. Refernce no O 932, Official Photograph.

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142 WORLD WAR I. Zeppelin L.15 in the Thames. ca.1915, original photograph, 21 x 15,5 cm.

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143 WORLD WAR ONE PHOTOGRAPHS, from French observers. Album with aerial photographs, 1916-1918, and some others. 1918. 103 photographs (22 x 11 cm) taken from a Farman 50 and most on heights between 4000-5000 m.: Ammertzwijler (2), Andlau (1), Aspach (2), Bale (5), Bartenheim (1), Bernwijler (2), Bisel (2), Blanc Noyer (1), Brisach (8), Colmar (5), Dambach (2), Didenheim (1), Dornach (1), Eichhafen (1), Eichwald (1), Eilerheim (1), Ensisheim (2), Epeich (?) (1), Freibourg (6), Friedrichshafen (5), Friedrichshafen: Manzel (2), Feldkirch (1), Francken (1), Guewenheim (1), Hilsenheim (1), Hahsheim (1), Hinter dem Berge (1), Idstein (2), Iles Napoleon (2), Illfurt (2), Immenstaad (1), Konstanz (7), Krozingen (1), Largitzen (1), Leopolshohe (3), Lobfal (?) (1), Markt (1), Mirtzbach (1), Mittelsmuspach (1), Mulhouse (6), Niederlag (1), Petit Huningue (1), Pfastatt (1), Rantzweiler-Kötzingen (1), Rehl (?) (1), Reichsfeld (1), Rouffach (1), Sasbrach (1), Schlestadt (1), Schweighausen (1), Schwerweiler (1), Seppois le Haut (1), Sierentz (1), Soultz (2), Ste. Croix en Plaine (1), Ste. Marie aux Mines (2), Steinenstadt (1), Stotzheim (1), Strassbourg (2), Turckheim (1), Usine (1), Waldkirch (3), Waldshut (2), Wattwiller (1), Weissengott (1), Willer (1), Winkel (1), Wittelsheim (1), Wolfsloch (1), Zillisheim (1), and 5 others. & 24 small photographs of first world-war french and german aeroplanes; 6 photographs of the Zeppelin L49, fall down on the 20 october 1917 in Bourbonne Les Bains; 11 very nice photogaphs of clouds; A photograph in front (probably with 12 french pilots on verandah): Pavillon de chase du Marichal Goering, Lemberg, 15 aout 1945. On first leaf probably later mounted photograph with german aeroplanes on a field, which round that 7 small photographs of german pilots: Leutnant Porschau, Hauptmann Zander, Oberleutnant Gerlich, Leutnant Leffers, Leutnant Meulzer, Oberleutnant Freiherr von Althaus (2).

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144 ZEPPELIN. D-LZ129, 'Hindenburg'. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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145 ZEPPELIN. Graf Zeppelin, D-LZ127, over Lufthansa Ju-52. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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146 ZEPPELIN. Hindenburg, D-LZ129. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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147 ZEPPELIN. LZ113. Photograph, 9 x 14 cm.

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148 ZEPPELIN. The Zeppelin Z.R.3, at Lake Constance, Germany, before his transatlantic flight to Lakehurst, New Yersey. Daily Mirror Photograph, 1924. Original photograph, silver print, 19 x 23,5 cm. With stamp, annotations and mouinted letterpress ticket on verso. - Folding and a few discoloured spots.

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¶ The second USS Los Angeles was a rigid airship, designated ZR-3, that was built in 1923-1924 by the Zeppelin factory in Friedrichshafen, Germany, where it was originally designated LZ-126. The airship was given to the United States by the German Government, as it was partially funded by war reparations from World War I. - After the highly publicized October, 1924, Transatlantic delivery flight from the Zeppelin Company works in Friedrichshafen to the US Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, New Jersey,[2] the airship was commissioned into the US Navy on November 25, 1924 at Anacostia, D.C. with LCDR Maurice R. Pierce in command. Its lifting gas was also switched over from hydrogen to helium, which reduced payload but improved safety (Wikipedia).
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149 ZMC 2. Airship the ZMC 2, U.S. Navy. Nice, C. Delius, ca. 1929-1930. Original photograph, silver print, 12 x 16 cm. With stamp on verso.

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150 ZMC 2. Airship the ZMC 2, U.S. Navy, in the air, from below. ca. 1930-1935. Original photograph, silver print, 12,4 x 17,4 cm.

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151 ZMC 2. Inter View of the All-Metal Airship ZMC 2. Paris, Wide World Photos, ca.1930. Original photograph, silver print, 16,7 x 22,8 cm. With stamp and letterpress tickets on verso.

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152 ZMC 2. The Metalclad ZMC-2 U.S.Navy over Washington, DC. Official Photograph U.S.Navy/U.S.Naval Air Station, 1935. Original photograph, silver print, 24,3 x 19 cm. With stamps on verso.

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153 ZMC-2. ZMC-2, and 3 other US Navy blimps above New York. ca. 1930-1935. Original photograph, silver print, 17,5 x 21,6 cm.

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¶ The Aircraft Development Corporation ZMC-2 was the only successfully-operated metal-skinned airship ever built. It was built in Grosse Ile, Michigan, first flown on August 19, 1929, and flew safely for over ten years. As a sub-scale test vehicle, it was considered to be very successful, but the company that built it did not weather the Great Depression well, and by the time a successor might have been built, there was little interest in pursuing it. The ZMC-2 was operated with a zero internal pressure at speeds up to 20 mph, sufficient for it to be considered a 'rigid' airship. With its low finess ratio (length/diameter) of 2.83 the ZMC-2 was difficult to fly. Though durable, the ZMC-2 was not flown much. It was flown each 19 August, yet between December 1938 and April 1941 it only logged 5 hours flight time. - The ZMC-2 was nicknamed the "Tin Bubble" and was also sometimes called a "tinship". It was not made of tin, but of Alclad, which was invented by the Aluminum Company of America. Alclad was made by coating duraluminum, an aluminum alloy, with pure aluminum. Alclad had the strength of duralumin, and the corrosion resistance of aluminum. It had roughly a teardrop-shape, and had eight small stabilizer fins, four of which had rudders. - It was scrapped in 1941, reaching its planned lifetime after more than 10 years of service. Other, more conventional blimps did go on to serve in World War 2.
The Aircraft Development Corporation was a company owned by the Detroit Aircraft Corporation
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