Balloon Articles

  1. Some Perilous Early Balloon Ascensions
  2. Early Rutland, Vermont, Balloon Ascensions
  3. Jumping From A balloon In The 19th Century
  4. Grooms, Balloons, and Aerial Honeymoons
  5. First Balloon Ascension in Massachusetts – 1821
  6. Louis A. Lauriat Balloon Ascensions – 1830s
  7. Charles Durant’s Boston Balloon Ascensions – 1834 
  8. Two Providence, R. I. Balloon Ascensions – 1835
  9. Chelsea, Massachusetts, June 17, 1839 
  10. Ernest Petin’s Connecticut Balloon Ascensions – 1852
  11. M. Morat, Aeronaut, Balloonist – 1857 
  12. Vermont Balloon Ascension – 1858
  13. Harlow M. Spencer, Balloonist, Aeronaut – 1858
  14. Balloon Ascension, Providence, R. I. – 1859
  15. Worcester, MA., Balloon Ascension – 1860
  16. Bangor, Maine, Balloon Ascension -1863  
  17. Samuel A. King – Aeronaut
  18. Samuel A. King’s Balloon “Colossus” – 1872
  19. Professor Donaldson’s Unexpected Voyage To Connecticut – 1873
  20. Portland Maine Balloon Ascension – 1873 
  21. Professor Alfred E. Moore – 1885
  22. Stafford Springs, Ct. – October, 1888
  23. Cumberland, R. I. Balloon Mystery – 1888
  24. Charles Colby – 19th Century Aeronaut & Ballonist 
  25. First Balloon Constructed In Maine – 1889
  26. Peaks Island Maine Balloon Ascensions – 1890s
  27. Early Balloon Ascensions At Savin Rock, Connecticut – 1893
  28. Ballooning For Lost Sounds – 1894
  29. Ada I. Mitchell, Aeronaut, Balloonist – 1894 
  30. William Riley’s Life Boat Balloons – 1896
  31. Professor C. C. Bonette – Early Vermont Aeronaut
  32. Leslie Haddock – Aeronaut & Showman – 1901
  33. William Van Sleet, Aeronaut & Balloonist 
  34. The Balloon, “Le Centaur” – 1906
  35. He Nearly Drowned In A Balloon – 1906
  36. Stolen Balloon – 1907
  37. Near Middlefield, MA. – May, 1907
  38. N. Y. To Boston Balloon Airline – 1908
  39. A New kind Of Balloon Race – 1908
  40. Massachusetts Volunteer Balloon Corps – 1909 
  41. Aero Club Of New England Balloon Fares – 1909
  42. New England Balloon Ascensions – 1909
  43. Aerial Lodge No 1, A. F. & A. M. – 1909
  44. A Novel Balloon Experiment – 1909
  45. First Vermont Woman To Ascend In A Balloon – 1909
  46. Trans-Atlantic Balloon History – 1910
  47. An Unusual Balloon Flight – 1910
  48. Two New England Balloon Records Set – 1910
  49. First Intercollegiate Balloon Race – 1911
  50. First U. S. Navy Dirigible – 1916
  51. Rockville, Ct., Collegiate Balloon School – 1917
  52. Mystery Balloon – 1928
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