A New Perspective on the History of Aviation
Hannah Zindel examines the media and techniques of earlier aviation and shows that balloons were core elements of meteorological, photographic and engineering knowledge production in the 19th century.
From the first ascents with Montgolfiégraves in 1783 to the successful flights with steerable airships around 1900, balloons were used to explore the atmosphere, observe the earth's surface and improve flight techniques.
