King, 1901, How to cross the Atlantic in a balloon

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Discusses the challenges and logistics of potentially crossing the Atlantic in a simple balloon airship.

[Listed in Brockett? as vol. 40; but actually at the end of Vol. 62.]


Original title How to cross the Atlantic in a balloon
Simple title How to cross the Atlantic in a balloon
Authors Samuel Archer King, Cleveland Abbe
Date 1901
Countries US
Languages en
Keywords LTA, gas, balloon, navigation, piloting, passenger, wind, safety, Salomon August Andrée, Henri Giffard
Journal Century Mag.
Related to aircraft? 1
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Sources

  • Brockett 1910, page 462, entry 6728: King, Samuel Archer. How to cross the Atlantic in a balloon. With introduction by Cleveland Abbe. Century Mag., N. S., Vol. 40, 1901, New York, pp. 855-859. S (6728
  • Scan at HT