Firefly Balloon glider | |
acc. date | type | reg. | operator | fat. | location | dmg | |||
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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 | |||
09-JUL-1849 | The Rainbow Gas Balloon | Unregistered | William Wadman | 1 | Bristol Channel, off Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | mis | |||
02-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 | |||
09-JUL-1874 | The Czar Gas Balloon | Unregistered | Joseph W. Simmonds | 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 | |||
08-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 | |||
05-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 | |||
02-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 | |||
03-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 | |||
09-JUL-1910 | Gas balloon, Spencer Bros. | Unregistered | Spencer Brothers | 1 | Coventry, Warwickshire | non | |||
04-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 | |||
07-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 | ||||
07-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 | 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 | ||||
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 | |||
07-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 | ||||
09-SEP-1928 | Spencer spherical balloon | G-FAAO | C G Spencer & Sons Ltd | 1 | Rugby, Warwickshire | min | |||
06-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 | ||||
06-JUL-1930 | balloon | 1 | Köln-Poll | w/o | |||||
07-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 | |||||
08-JUL-1936 | balloon | 0 | Proßnitz (Mähren) | w/o | |||||
21-APR-1937 | balloon | 2 | Mailly Airfield, Bitryles-Francois | w/o | |||||
04-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 | |||
05-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 | |||
11-NOV-1967 | Balloon | Private | 0 | Attaching, Freising, Bavaria, West Germany | sub | ||||
17-APR-1968 | balloon | private | 0 | near Ichenhausen/Günzburg | w/o | ||||
06-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 | |||
06-AUG-1968 | Hot Air Balloon | CF-POP | Alberta | ||||||
08-MAY-1969 | Balloonfabrik-Lee-und-Luft. | G-AWGF | Duckhams Q Oils | 0 | West Wickham, Bromley, Kent | w/o | |||
01-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 | |||
09-SEP-1973 | Western O.65 Balloon (Hot Air) | G-AZOO | Southern Balloon Group | 0 | RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset | min | |||
08-DEC-1973 | Semco Balloon T | N9975 | 1 | Chico, CA | sub | ||||
31-MAR-1974 | Raven S-50A | N2324 | Clyde Hillock Jacobs Jr | 1 | Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio | sub | |||
09-JUL-1974 | Raven S-60A | N54691 | Private | 2 | Tavares, Florida | min | |||
08-OCT-1974 | Thunder AX7-65 | G-BCCG | Clark Equipment Ltd | 2 | Saltley Trading Estate, Birmingham | min | |||
11-MAY-1975 | Raven S-40 | N11976 | Private | 0 | Fremont, Newaygo County, Michigan | w/o | |||
22-NOV-1975 | Hot air balloon 'James Cook' | unregistered | T P McCormack | 2 | Brucedale 10km north of Wagga Wagga, NSW | w/o | |||
24-JAN-1976 | Thunder AX-7 | N5217 | William G Busse t/a Sky Drifter Balloon Co | 0 | near Death Valley, Mojave Desert, California | w/o | |||
29-APR-1976 | Raven RX-6 | N8671L | Free Balloon | 0 | Carlisle, Polk County, Iowa | w/o | |||
21-OCT-1976 | Balloon 1 | unreg. | 3 | Charlotte, NC | w/o | ||||
11-JUN-1978 | Raven RX-6 | N7271L | Private | 0 | Tampa, FL | w/o | |||
29-AUG-1978 | Balloon Works Firefly 7 | N2044H | 3 | Fishers, In | sub | ||||
15-AUG-1979 | Raven RX-7 | N5554S | 0 | Shelbyville, IN | w/o |