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