Voyage Of The Betrothed Le Voyage De Fiancailles 1893 Albert Robida (1848-1926 French) Gravure Print Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

A French aeronaut falling to his death from a balloon over Beuzeville, France. From 'Le Petit Journal' 30 June 1899. Aeronautics Aviation Accident Ballooning

Ballooning mania: Caricature of fashionable dress for men and women influenced by the shape of early balloons. From 'Histoire des Ballons' by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1887. French Aviation Aeronautics

Fauste Veranziio making a successful jump from a tower in Venice using the parachute he had built and which he named 'Homo Volans', 1617. From 'Histoire des Ballons' by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1887. Aviation Flying

Guiton de Morveau (1737-1816) French chemist, making the first flight in a dirigible (steerable) balloon, 12 June 1784. Chromolithograph c1883. Aeronautics Aviation Ballooning Flying

Various biplanes: Alberto Santos-Dumont's 'Demoiselle', a Maurice Farman biplane, and a semi-biplane by Jacob Ellehammer. Liebig Trade Card c1910. Aviation Aeronatics Flying Machine

Kuptsov, Vasili Vasilyevich (1899-1935) State Open-air Museum of History, Architecture and Art, Pskov 1931 81x105 Oil on canvas Soviet Art Russia

Set of French collecting cards on ballooning to mark the centenary of the Montgolfier Brothers' first flight in 1783, with scenes of early French balloon flights. Chromolithograph Aviation Aeronautics Flying

Robert Brothers and Collin-Hullin 186km flight, 19 September 1784 in elongated hydrogen balloon with oars, an attempt at a steerable craft. From 'Histoire des Ballons' by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1887. Aviation Aeronautics

First manned free balloon flight, Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, 21 November 1783, in Montgolfier (hot air) balloon from the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France, travelling 9km in 25 minutes. Aeronautics Aviation Ballooning

Ballooning fantasy: Idea for balloon carrying a mounted horseman. From 'Histoire des Ballons' by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1887. Aviation Aeronautics

French balloonists flying between Toulon and Algeria stepping out of the basket (gondola) in the open sea onto the deck of a French naval vessel. From 'Le Petit Journal', 3 November 1901. Aviation Aeronautics

Bibikov, Georgi Nikolayevich (1903-1976) State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg 1935 238x156 Oil on canvas Soviet Art Russia History

Miolan and Janinet sold tickets for balloon flight Paris, 11 July 1784. At five in the afternoon, balloon still on the ground, crowd lost patience and set it alight. From 'Histoire des Ballons' by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1887. Aviation

Dobrovolsky, Viktor Nikolaevich (1912-?) Russian State Library, Moscow 1939 Colour lithograph Soviet political agitation art Russia History,Poster and Graphic design Poster

Karachentsev, Pyotr Yakovlevich (1907-1998) Russian State Library, Moscow 1936 Colour lithograph Soviet political agitation art Russia History,Poster and Graphic design Poster

Deni (Denisov), Viktor Nikolaevich (1893-1946) Russian State Library, Moscow 1937 Colour lithograph Soviet political agitation art Russia History,Poster and Graphic design Poster

Crowds cheering at the first public demonstration of a hot air balloon at Annonay France, 4 June 1783, by the Montgolfier brothers. Collecting card celebrating centenary of their invention. Flying Aeronautics Aviation Ballooning

Klutsis, Gustav (1895-1938) Russian State Library, Moscow 1934 Colour lithograph Soviet political agitation art Russia History,Poster and Graphic design Poster

Rodchenko, Alexander Mikhailovich (1891-1956) Russian State Library, Moscow 1923 36,2x45,4 Lithograph Russian avant-garde Russia Poster and Graphic design

Florida, Miami, Miami International Airport, MIA, aviation, North Terminal, concourse, escalator, man, woman, passenger, public art, artwork, sculpture, ´Got Any Jacks´, artist Donald Lipski,

Wilbur Wright's (American aviator) first flight in Europe, at the Hanaudieres racetrack near Le Mans, France in the Wright Brothers' 'Flier'. August 1908., Illustration from Le Petit Journal Paris, 30 August 1908.

Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French brothers, inventors of hot air balloon. From collecting card celebrating the centenary of their first public demonstration at Annonay 4 June 1783. Aeronautics Flying Aviation Ballooning

Personal Aerial Travel System For Gentlemen, The Robinson, William Heath(1872-1944 British) Illustration Bonhams, London, England

Russian master Private Collection 1925 70x104 Colour lithograph Soviet political agitation art Russia History,Poster and Graphic design Poster

Goncharova, Natalia Sergeevna (1881-1962) State Art Museum of Republic Tatarstan, Kazan 1913 55,7x83,8 Oil on canvas Russian avant-garde Russia

Advertising Postcard For Lebniz-Cookies Of The H.Bahlsen Cookie-Factory, Hannover 1915 Walter Georgi (1871-1924 German) Illustration

Personal Aerial Travel System For Ladies, The Robinson, William Heath(1872-1944 British) Illustration Bonhams, London, England

Death of the French aviators Godard and Panis when their balloon was struck by lightning over Chicago. From 'Le Petit Journal', 15 July 1891. Accident Ballooning

First manned flight in a hydrogen-filled balloon made by Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert from the Tuileries, Paris, France, 1 December 1783. Travelled 36km in 2 hours 5 minutes. Aeronautics Aviation Ballooning Flying

First balloon crossing of English Channel, 7 January 1785 by Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, and American Dr John Jeffries from Dover to Guines, 2 hours 30 mins. Chromolithograph c1883. Aeronautics Aviation Ballooning

Kuptsov, Vasili Vasilyevich (1899-1935) State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg 1934 110x121 Oil on canvas Soviet Art Russia History

Deineka, Alexander Alexandrovich (1899-1969) Regional A. Deineka Art Gallery, Kursk 1932 80,5x101 Oil on canvas Soviet Art Russia

The police station at Hatfield, part of the former British Aerospace plant, Art Deco style, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Bubnov, Alexander Pavlovich (1908-1964) Russian State Library, Moscow 1941 Screenprinting Soviet political agitation art Russia History,Poster and Graphic design Poster

Paris firemen on the rooftops trying to capture a balloon with its ropes entangled round chimney pots and to rescue the aviator in the basket. From 'Le Petit Journal', 28 May 1894. Aviation Aeronautics Ballooning Accident

Battle of Fleurus 26 June 1794, French Revolutionary Wars. Use of 'The Entreprenant' as reconnaissance balloon the first use of a balloon in warfare, contributed to French victory. Prunt c1883. Aeronautics Aviation Ballooning

French poster for the Autogiro, the invention of the Spanish engineer Juan de la Cievra (1895-1936). First successful model, 1923. Aviation Aeronautics Gyroplane

French cartoon on the inability of early balloonists to control the direction of their flights. Here the balloon is being pulled by donkeys. From 'Histoire des Ballons' by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1887. Aviation Aeronautics Flying

Iordansky, Boris Vyacheslavovich (1903-1983) Russian State Library, Moscow 1934 Colour lithograph Soviet political agitation art Russia History,Poster and Graphic design Poster

L'homme dans la Lune' (The Man on the Moon) from the frontispiece of novel by Gonzales. Man uses two ropes to guide his aircraft powered by flying birds. From 'Histoire des Ballons' by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1887. Aviation

Grand Central Air Terminal, designed by Henry L. Gogerty in 1928, combines Spanish Colonial Revival style with Art Deco Moderne design. The first planes to bear the names of Jack Northrop and Howard Hughes were built at Grand Central Air Terminal. Photograph circa 1929, 1310 Air Way, Glendale, Los Angeles, California.

Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) Brazilian aviation pioneer. Here in his airship (dirigible) No. 6 in which he won the Deutsch Prize in 1901. Cartoon from Vanity Fair, London, 14 November 1901.

The Air-Liner of the Future, 1914. Idea for a transatlantic air liner which would fly at 10,000 but in an emergency could descend to sea level and skim the surface. It was expected that the flight between London and New York would take less than 24 hour