History 19th Century Airships and Balloons

History 19th Century Airships and Balloons: In the 1800s, we saw progress in balloons, after the Montgolfier flight in 1783. Thus, it was popular throughout the world in the middle of the century. Jean-Pierre Blanchard is famous for his balloon flights throughout Europe and America even though he failed in countless attempts to create ornithopter. In 1785, John-Pierre with John Jeffries, a doctor crossed the English Channel. They also climbed the exhibition in Philadelphia in 1793, no less than George Washington was there to watch the event.

History 19th Century Airships and Balloons

John Wise was the first hot air balloon in America and was privileged to be trained by Jean-Pierre. John Wise then trained many other people in America. This encouraged the interest of all Americans to inflate. Jean-Pierre died in an experimental parachute jump from his balloon in 1809. During the civil war, four balloons were placed in strategic places to allow it to observe below and communicate telegraphically with the rest of the balloon. Confederates recognize balloon potential for reconnaissance; they tried to make a program but it never worked. To make the balloon an area of ??observation was Thaddeus Lowe's idea and was used as a pivot in a telegraph letter between the White House and balloons.

A balloon with a propeller was developed after Jean-Pierre and John Jeffries crossed the English Channel. The English Channel also became famous and found its mark in the history of aviation. The art of aerial photography on a balloon is credited to Felix Tournachon (Nadar) from France. The entire photo lab was even taken with a large balloon. Felix was better known during the siege in 1870, where he inflated letters and passengers leaving Paris.

During the late 19th century, efforts were made to pass the North Pole balloon. The experiment was carried out on July 11, 1897 by Salomon August Andree and the other two, launched from Spitzbergen. The three never returned until an expedition in 1930 found their bodies frozen. It was realized that the balloon fell on the ice and they froze when trying to walk back to civilization.

The propeller system for the balloon allows the balloon to be controlled to where it must go. Many engineers see it suitable for installing a propeller and immediately start working. This gives birth to a balloon. The first successful flight was on September 24, 1852. Henri Giffard made a cigar-shaped design concept. It is filled with hydrogen and has a steam engine. As expected, this runs at a gentle speed of 5 miles per hour.

Thaddeus Lowe made the initial balloon used for observation during the Civil War in Virgina at Fair Oaks. LZ4 is the pride of Germany but during the attempt to break the record the resistance was destroyed. During this Civil War, a German military general known as Ferdinand von Zeppelin had noticed extensive balloon use. Count von Zeppelin along with chief engineer Ludwig Durr, created an airplane as high as 420 feet, designed to carry many people.

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A number of winning balloon flights took place towards the end of the 1880s. This moved the Germans to think about the possibility of using the plane as a means of traveling. Experiments run with two models, one with a gasoline engine and the other covered with aluminum sheets. Unfortunately, both of them fell during a test flight in 1897.