Firefly Balloon  glider

1102 occurrences in the ASN safety database
384 fatalities

acc. date	type	reg.	operator	fat.	location		dmg
15 Jun 1785	Hybrid Balloon - Gas / Montgolfiere	Unregistered	Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier	2	Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais		w/o
19 Sep 1786	Vincent Lunardi Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Vincent Lunardi	0+1	Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland		w/o
25 May 1824	"Royal George" Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Thomas Harris	1	Beddington Park, Carshalton, near Croydon, Surrey		w/o
24 Jul 1837	Royal Nassau Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Charles Green & Edward Spencer	1	Blackheath, Greenwich, London		non
28 Jun 1838	Royal Victoria Gas Balloon	Unregistered	George Graham	0+1	Marylebone Road, London		min
9 Jul 1849	The Rainbow Gas Balloon	Unregistered	William Wadman	1	Bristol Channel, off Weston-super-Mare, Somerset		mis
2 Jun 1852	Gas Balloon	Unregistered	James Goulston, alias 'Guiseppe Lunardini'	1	Stone Breaks Hill, Lees, near Oldham, Lancashire		w/o
15 Aug 1859	'The Florence Nightingale' Gas Balloon	Unregistered	William Henry Hall	1	West Boldon, County Durham		mis
24 Aug 1863	Coxwell Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Henry Tracey Coxwell	1	Arnold, Nottinghamshire		w/o
9 Jul 1874	The Czar Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Private	1	Sydney Street, Chelsea, London		w/o
22 May 1877	The Queen Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Benjamin Medcalf	0+1	Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire		w/o
20 Oct 1877	Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Aquila Moreley	1	Langold Park, Carlton in Lindrick, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire		w/o
28 Sep 1879	Pathfinder Hydrogen Balloon	n/a	John Wise	2	Lake Michigan, IL		w/o
10 Dec 1881	Saladin (Hydrogen Balloon)	Unregistered	Walter Powell	1	English Channel, off Eype Mouth, west of Bridport, Dorset		mis
27 Aug 1888	Cosmo Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Joseph W Simmons	1	Wickham Bishops, 2 miles southeast of Witham, Essex		w/o
16 Jul 1889	George Higgins Gas Balloon	Unregistered	George Higgins	1	Burnage, Manchester		w/o
29 May 1890	Gas Balloon	Unregistred	Victor Rolla	1	Near Ålön, Ljusterön, Stockholm Arcipelago		w/o
16 Jun 1891	Gas Balloon 'Kysibelka'	Unregistered	Maximilian Wolff	0	Reissenzahnovu foundry, Praha (Prague)		w/o
8 Aug 1891	George Higgins Gas Balloon No.2	Unregistered	Professor George Higgins	1	Kirkstall, near Leeds, West Yorkshire		min
10 Dec 1891	Wanderer Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Lt Edward Mansfield	1	Victoria Park, Bombay		w/o
29 Jun 1892	Capt. Dale Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Captain William Duncan Dale	2	Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London		w/o
5 Aug 1895	Capt Alfred Orton Smoke Balloon	Unregistered	Captain Alfred Orton	1	Peterborough, Lincolnshire		w/o
14 Jul 1897	Örnen Free Hydrogen Balloon	unregistered	S.A. Andrées Polarexpedition	3	Franz Josef Land		w/o
2 Nov 1899	Balloon	unregistered	Captain Charles Lorraine	1	Sea off Lyttelton Harbour, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury		w/o
20 May 1902	Lieut George Philip Lempriere Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Lieut George Philip Lempriere	1	Sheffield Wednesday FC Ground, Owlerton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire		non
31 Aug 1905	John E Baldwin Hot Air Balloon	unregistered	John E Baldwin	1	County Fairgrounds, 800 Sweitzer Street, Greenville, Darke County, OH		w/o
11 Jun 1906	Gas balloon Capt Frederick Bidmead	Unregistered	Capt Frederick Bidmead	1	West Lane Football Ground, Haworth, West Yorkshire		non
28 May 1907	Gas Balloon 'Thresher'	Unregistered	Royal Engineers Corps, British Army	2	10 miles off Exmouth, Devon		w/o
20 May 1908	250 Cubic Metre Balloon	unreg.	Exército Brasileiro	1	Serra do Barata, RJ		w/o
10 Feb 1909	Balloon	unregistered	Captain Jonassen	0	Victoria Domain, Gisborne, East Coast		sub
3 Apr 1910	Gas Balloon “Pommern”	unregistered	Private	3	Sassnitz, Jasmund peninsula, Rügen Island, State of Mecklenburg		w/o
17 Apr 1910	Gas Balloon “Delitzsch”	unregistered	Private	4	Reichensachsen, Wehretal, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Hesse		w/o
9 Jul 1910	Gas balloon, Spencer Bros.	Unregistered	Spencer Brothers	1	Coventry, Warwickshire		non
4 Dec 1910	Gas balloon	Unregistered	Private	1	Near Park Cottage, Berstane Road, Kirkwall, Orkney		w/o
20 Mar 1911	Düsseldorf 4 Balloon		Niederrheinische Verein für Luftschiffahrt	1	near Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland		w/o
31 May 1913	'Eduadaro Newbery' Hot Air Balloon	unregistered	Private	0	Plaza San Martín, Buenos Aires		w/o
7 Jun 1914	Gas Balloon	Unregistered	M. Leprince	0	Sézannais, Marne department, Grand Est region		w/o
27 Aug 1917	Balloon			0	North East of Uexkull (Ikskile)		w/o
18 Oct 1918	Gas Balloon	#211	United States Army Air Service (USAAS)	0	Riverside, California,		w/o
20 Dec 1918	Gas balloon	Unregistered	Un-named 'Canadian National'	0	Snellings Wood, Fir Grove Road, Cross-in-Hand, Heathfield, East Sussex		w/o
20 Aug 1920	Army Hot Air Free Balloon		United States Army Balloon School	0	Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, California		w/o
23 Mar 1921	Connecticut Aircraft Company Observation Balloon	A-5597	United States Navy (USN)	5	Gulf of Mexico, 20 miles off St. Andrews Bay, Florida		w/o
18 Oct 1921	Balloon		US Army	1	Rose Field, Arcadia, Near San Pedro, CA		w/o
25 Jan 1922	Free Balloon		United States Army Balloon School	1	N of Los Alamitos, Orange Co, CA		w/o
7 Jul 1923	Goodyear free balloon	A-6698	United States Navy (USN)	2	Lake Erie 25 miles SW of Port Stanley, Ontario		w/o
23 Sep 1923	Gas Balloon	S-6	United States Army Air Service (USAAS)	2+3	Nistelrode, Bernheze, about 8 km south of Oss, Noord-Brabant		w/o
23 Sep 1923	Balloon "Geneva"		von Grunigen & Wehren	2	Mol, Antwerp		w/o
23 Sep 1923	Balloon "Polar"		Gomez Guillamon & Penaranda Barea	1	Heist op den Berg, Antwerp		w/o
7 Jun 1925	Short spherical balloon 'Elise'	G-FAAI	Royal Aero Club	0	Etaples, Pas-de-Calais		w/o
27 Jul 1926	Spencer spherical balloon 'Miramar 1st'	G-FAAM	C G Spencer & Sons Ltd	5	Hoo Park, Kempston, Bedfordshire		w/o
11 Mar 1927	Spencer spherical balloon 'Miramar'	G-FAAD	C G Spencer & Sons Ltd	1	Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, Middlesex		w/o
30 May 1928	Hot Air Balloon # 3		United States Army Air Corps (USAAC)	2	Near Greensburg, Pennsylvania		w/o
9 Sep 1928	Spencer spherical balloon	G-FAAO	C G Spencer & Sons Ltd	1	Rugby, Warwickshire		min
6 Feb 1929	balloon		Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule (DVS)	0	near Bennecke		min
22 Apr 1929	balloon		French Army	1	Epinal		w/o
25 Nov 1929	Free Balloon	S-35-262	United States Army Air Corps (USAAC)		Mrs R.A. Hoffman's property 10 mi SE Tuttle,OK		w/o
6 Jul 1930	balloon			1	Köln-Poll		w/o
7 Apr 1933	balloon		Everest Air Expedition	0	Mt Everest		w/o
16 Jun 1933	Free Balloon	S-19-242	United States Army Air Corps (USAAC)		4.5 mi E of Binger, OK		w/o
30 Jan 1934	Osoaviakhim-1 hydrogen balloon	Sirio	Osoaviakhim	3	Potizh-Ostrov village in rural Insarsky District of Mordovia,		w/o
13 May 1934	'Bartsch von Eigsfeld' Research Balloon		Private	2	Russian Border		w/o
17 May 1934	balloon		Aéronavale	0	15 km W of Chateaurour		w/o
10 Sep 1934	balloon (2x)			2	Benzig, Kattowitz		unk
24 Jun 1935	balloon			0	Ostend, West Flanders		non
21 Jul 1935	balloon			0	near Saalfeld		unk
29 Jul 1935	balloon			1	Ansberg		w/o
8 Jul 1936	balloon			0	Proßnitz (Mähren)		w/o
21 Apr 1937	balloon			2	Mailly Airfield, Bitryles-Francois		w/o
4 Oct 1954	Georges Suire Balloon		Georges Suire	2	North Sea, off Danish coast near Esbjerg		w/o
30 Jul 1958	balloon		United States Air Force (USAF)	0	over Minnesota		w/o
13 Aug 1958	Balloon 'Skycar-1'		Otton Christen Winzen	0	Ashland, Wisconsin		w/o
15 Dec 1958	Eiloart Free Balloon	G-APOB	Arnold Eiloart	0	South Atlantic Ocean, 1,200 miles W of Tenerife		w/o
5 Apr 1959	balloon	Stuttgart		2	E of Nördlingen		w/o
29 May 1960	Vandenbemden Balloon	OE-DZA			Zlan		w/o
16 Jun 1962	Free Balloon (Gas)	CARD.7	Royal Aircraft Establishment, Cardington	0	1/2 mile South of Shipton Belinger, Wiltshire		w/o
13 Apr 1963	balloon	Ruhrgas	private	3+3	Herbede/Witten		w/o
18 Jan 1964	Raven S-40	N12000	Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Assoc Inc	1	near Dana Point, CA		min
26 Jul 1964	Raven S-45	N12002	Raven Industries Inc	1	Pittsburg, California		sub
26 May 1965	balloon	Ikarus	private	0	Augsburg, near (Bayern)		sub
22 Oct 1965	Litton Stms 213-1	N7534U	Space Inc	0	St Paul MN		w/o
27 Apr 1966	Fire Fly 90	N4723S	Tracy Barnes C	0	near Boulevard CA		w/o
11 Nov 1967	Balloon		Private	0	Attaching, Freising, Bavaria, West Germany		sub
17 Apr 1968	balloon		private	0	near Ichenhausen/Günzburg		w/o
6 Jun 1968	HB Balloons Gas Balloon	HB-BIW	Private	3	Donauturm, Wien (Vienna)		w/o
20 Jul 1968	Vanden Bemdem A Gas Balloon 'Jambo'	G-AVAT	Anthony John Francis Smith (regd. owner)	0	Halland, near Lewes, East Sussex		w/o
6 Aug 1968	Hot Air Balloon	CF-POP			Alberta
19 Sep 1968	Piccard Ax6-Pt	N3191		2	Penndel, PA		sub
8 May 1969	Balloonfabrik-Lee-und-Luft.	G-AWGF	Duckhams Q Oils	0	West Wickham, Bromley, Kent		w/o
1 Sep 1970	balloon				Gesshofen		w/o
20 Sep 1970	Roziere Balloon aka 'Free Life'	N2079	Private	3	Atlantic Ocean 400 miles SE of Newfoundland		mis
5 Aug 1972	Piccard AX6	N1695	Lane Aviation	0	Xenia, OH		w/o
29 Apr 1973	Piccard AX-6	N56US	Private	0	Wasilla, AK		w/o
9 Sep 1973	Western O.65 Balloon (Hot Air)	G-AZOO	Southern Balloon Group	0	RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset		min
8 Dec 1973	Semco Balloon T	N9975		1	Chico, CA		sub
21 Feb 1974	Gatch Lh1	N7TG		1			w/o
31 Mar 1974	Raven S-50A	N2324	Clyde Hillock Jacobs Jr	1	Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio		sub
9 Jul 1974	Raven S-60A	N54691	Private	2	Tavares, Florida		min
6 Aug 1974	Berger One	N76SM		1	near Bayville, Nj		w/o
21 Sep 1974	Piccard Ax-6	N53US		2	Tracy, CA		sub
8 Oct 1974	Thunder AX7-65	G-BCCG	Clark Equipment Ltd	2	Saltley Trading Estate, Birmingham		min