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Sunday, May 5, 2019

F L Y I N G . . . in the past

Attack on the first Charlier Balloon 1783, an illustration
1783   "Attack on the first Charlier Balloon"      from Wikipedia:  "The balloon built by Jacques Charles and the Robert Brothers is attacked by terrified villagers in Gonesse.  Some of them even started attacking him because they weren't used to things flying."
                     
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a model of Bastin's flying machine 1908 photograph
from a 1908 book "Model of Mr. Bastin's Flying Machine" . . . get real, Bastin
         
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1929 air passengers interior seating photograph
 this large 1929 passenger airplane interior looks frightening
see full size
        
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an Ellis Martin illustration 1931 Aviation Map cover illustration in blue
an Ellis Martin illustration 1931  "Aviation Map"
        
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the giant 1934 Tupolev ANT-20 [USSR] photograph
the 1934 Tupolev ANT-20  (USSR)       see full size
        
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      the 1937 Hindenburg in flight, color photograph
the 1937 Hindenburg       see full size
        
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           the 1937 Hindenburg disaster, photograph
the 1937 Hindenburg disaster
        
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the 1936 Hindenburg dining room photograph in color
 the 1936 Hindenburg dining room       see full size
      
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the 1936 Hindenburg dining room interior windows photograph
the 1936 Hindenburg dining room passengers       see full size
                
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the 1936 Hindenburg layout, an illustration
the 1936 Hindenburg layout, with passenger cabins in the middle area
                
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a 1929 zeppelin crew member walking the length in flight
ten years earlier,  a 1929 zeppelin crew member
                   
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 135,000 cubic meter fast passenger 1919 Zeppelin drawing room
twenty years earlier,  a 1919  "135,000 cubic meter fast-passenger
Zeppelin drawing room"       see full size
                 
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E.A. Séguy ornament butterflies
E.A. Séguy ornament       see full size
             
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E.A. Séguy ornament butterflies blue
E.A. Séguy       see full size
         
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a Hardie Gramatky 1941 children's book illustration of an airplane learning to fly
a Hardie Gramatky 1941 children's book illustration
                
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1941 airplane flight controls all plastic, a photograph
1941 airplane flight controls, all plastic
                
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Russell Clark art 1943
Russell Clark,  1943       see full size
                
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a 1940s vision of future passenger travel by Chesley Bonestell
a 1940s vision of future passenger travel by Chesley Bonestell
                
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Boeing 314 Dining Room, 1940? a color tint photograph
Boeing 314 in-flight dining room
                
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1946 airline smoking policy with illustration
1946 airline smoking policy ... cigarettes are okay but no pipes or cigars
see full size
           
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1955 high altitude transit for executives, illustrated article
"Oxygen breathing equipment"  1955 high altitude flying
for business executives       see full size
                           
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an N.C. Wyeth illustration of an airplane above a storm
an N.C. Wyeth illustration
 
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a Terence Cuneo illustration of an airplane in a storm
a Terence Cuneo illustration       see full size
 
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a Jupp Wiertz poster for Luft Hansa airline, a passenger plane flying over Europe
a Jupp Wiertz poster for Luft Hansa airline
                     
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a Wallace Wood 1952 story panel for HUNGNAM!
a Wallace Wood story panel, 1952       see full size

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Economy class seating on a Pan Am 747 in the late 1960s, a photograph
"Economy class seating on a Pan Am 747 in the late 1960s"
                
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1961 economy air travel, movies in flight, a photograph
1961 economy class in-flight movies       see full size
                       
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a 1964 Eero Saarinen airport flight display for passengers
a 1964 airport designed by Eero Saarinen       see full size
                   
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1971 American airlines Coach lounge, luxury flying, color photograph advertisement
a 1971 American airlines "Coach Lounge"  on the "747 LuxuryLiner"
see full size

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a Josef Hoflehner photograph of a low flying passenger jet
a Josef Hoflehner photograph
            
      
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