Histoire des ballons, et des diverses ascensions qui ont eu lieu jusqu...
Broadside depicts two airship designs conceived by Ernst (Ernest) Pétin, incorporating four spherical balloons propelled by manually operated helical screws attached to a large flat surface, the lower part prov... More
[Scenes from Mexico and the 1900 Paris Exposition] / - Exposition Univ...
The Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, also known as the Paris World Fair of 1900, was a world's fair that was held in Paris, France from April 15 to November 12, 1900. The fair was held to celebrat... More
Eckner and Commerce heads in conference. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Dr...
A group of three men standing next to a map. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The zeppelin raids: the vow of vengeance. Drawn for "The Daily Chronic...
Poster showing a soldier shaking his fist at a zeppelin following bombing.
World's largest dirigible near completion
The metal skeleton of the Akron being constructed for the Navy at the Goodyear Zeppelin factory in hangar at Akron. No. S/73867RU. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Rivista aerostatica Grossi - Print, Library of Congress collection
Italian political cartoon shows the aftermath of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of Berlin; from left, a bottle-shaped airship labeled "Cipro", "Congresso", and "Angleterre", with a figure identified as J... More
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, East of Red Hill Avenue between Eding...
Significance: MCAS Tustin was originally built to support the function of the LTA ships and later became a major center for Marine helicopter aviation on the West Coast. The lighter-than-air ship hangars repre... More
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, East of Red Hill Avenue between Eding...
Significance: MCAS Tustin was originally built to support the function of the LTA ships and later became a major center for Marine helicopter aviation on the West Coast. The lighter-than-air ship hangars repre... More
Ritorno di Pulcinella dalla luna
Print shows illustration relating to the Great Moon Hoax with Punch standing in a ship in which he has returned from the moon with bottles of "acqua lunateca." Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Dr... More
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Helium Tank Building No. 1, Near inte...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-C Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Northern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-A Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Southern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-B Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Canadian scenes. Closeup at airport in Canada
Picryl description: Public domain image of a tower, historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Graf Zeppelin. View over U.S. Capitol
Item title devised. Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, East of Red Hill Avenue between Eding...
Significance: MCAS Tustin was originally built to support the function of the LTA ships and later became a major center for Marine helicopter aviation on the West Coast. The lighter-than-air ship hangars repre... More
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Northern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-A Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Northern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-A Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Southern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-B Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Lincoln Memorial. Army blimp at Lincoln Memorial
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[The R-100, British dirigible, moored to her mast at Cardington, Engla...
No. S/1801X403. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, East of Red Hill Avenue between Eding...
Significance: MCAS Tustin was originally built to support the function of the LTA ships and later became a major center for Marine helicopter aviation on the West Coast. The lighter-than-air ship hangars repre... More
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Northern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-A Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Northern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-A Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Northern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-A Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
A musical farce comedy, The air ship by J.M. Gaites.
"Greater New York." Caption: An actual scene. Created and "copyrigh[t] 1898 by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." No. 6325. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Southern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-B Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Plateforme aérienne, cerf-volant libre dirigeable, système Vaussin-Cha...
Design drawing shows a system for powering an airship with manually operated propellers. Includes longitudinal views of dirigible platform assembly and identification key. Tissandier collection.
Auffahrt, Flug u. Ende des Zeppelin'schen Luftschiffes Modell 4
Three illustrations showing the fourth model zeppelin taking off at Manzell, on the morning of Aug. 4, and in flight; and wreck in Echterdingen, Germany. Bain News Service photograph. George Grantham Bain Colle... More
The consumer's only chance / Frank A. Nankivell.
Illustration shows a woman mooring an airship to the chimney on the roof of her home by the light of a full moon; on board the airship are "American Goods Bought in England" that are being smuggled into the U.S... More
A dirigible (1910) - A black and white photo of a large balloon flying...
Print shows dirigible in flight over clouds. Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Detroit news timely topics. Norge dirigible in England
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
It is far better to face the bullets than to be killed at home by a bo...
Poster showing a dirigible in the night sky over London, illuminated by a searchlight.
Graf Zeppelin. View of zeppelin over U.S. Capitol
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Balloons, airships, and other flying machines designed with some form...
Single sheet with 45 numbered illustrations; lacking identification key. No. 18 shows a collapsible Montgolfier balloon from 1784; no. 23 is the design for a glider balloon as described in "Reflections on the ... More
[Balloons, airships, and other flying machines designed with some form...
Single sheet with 45 numbered illustrations; lacking identification key. No. 18 shows a collapsible Montgolfier balloon from 1784; no. 23 is the design for a glider balloon as described in "Reflections on the ... More
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Northern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-A Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Northern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-A Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Northern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-A Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Northern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-A Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Northern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-A Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
[Airship powered by an electric motor developed by Albert and Gaston T...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Southern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-B Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Young Drexel's Flying School in Old England; Aviator Latham May Quit t...
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More
Graf Zeppelin. Graf Zeppelin over 13th St.
Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lincoln Memorial. Army blimp over Lincoln Memorial with construction m...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
ZR3 entering hangar first time, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J.
J274326 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R. S. Clements; December 24, 1924.
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, East of Red Hill Avenue between Eding...
Significance: MCAS Tustin was originally built to support the function of the LTA ships and later became a major center for Marine helicopter aviation on the West Coast. The lighter-than-air ship hangars repre... More
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, East of Red Hill Avenue between Eding...
Significance: MCAS Tustin was originally built to support the function of the LTA ships and later became a major center for Marine helicopter aviation on the West Coast. The lighter-than-air ship hangars repre... More
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, East of Red Hill Avenue between Eding...
Significance: MCAS Tustin was originally built to support the function of the LTA ships and later became a major center for Marine helicopter aviation on the West Coast. The lighter-than-air ship hangars repre... More
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, East of Red Hill Avenue between Eding...
Significance: MCAS Tustin was originally built to support the function of the LTA ships and later became a major center for Marine helicopter aviation on the West Coast. The lighter-than-air ship hangars repre... More
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, East of Red Hill Avenue between Eding...
Significance: MCAS Tustin was originally built to support the function of the LTA ships and later became a major center for Marine helicopter aviation on the West Coast. The lighter-than-air ship hangars repre... More
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Northern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-A Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Northern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-A Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Southern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-B Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Southern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-B Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Southern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-B Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
[Design drawing for a navigational system for an airship employing six...
Tissandier collection. Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Patent drawing - Navire aérien dirigeable. Systême J.B. Métivier, forc...
Scaled design drawing for a patent submitted by J.B. Métivier shows two cross-sections for a fish shaped airship utilizing balloons, sails, bellows, and propellers to transport passengers. (Source: A.G. Renstro... More
Moteur hydrostatique & a base de tous liquides à mouvement perpetuel r...
Design drawings for a hydrostatic motor capable of up to 100,000 horse power, for use in air, sea and land transportation, invented by J.B. Metivier in 1867. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82). Tissand... More
[Count Gottlieb von Haeseler, 1836-1919, full-length portrait, standin...
Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Opening of the Panama Canal J.S. Pughe
Illustration shows a variety of boats and ships as balloon aircraft loaded with tourists and travelers floating above the Panama Canal; it is suggested that the age of aviation will render the canal obsolete. ... More
Congress sees model of new proposed American-designed dirigible. Washi...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, East of Red Hill Avenue between Eding...
Significance: MCAS Tustin was originally built to support the function of the LTA ships and later became a major center for Marine helicopter aviation on the West Coast. The lighter-than-air ship hangars repre... More
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, East of Red Hill Avenue between Eding...
Significance: MCAS Tustin was originally built to support the function of the LTA ships and later became a major center for Marine helicopter aviation on the West Coast. The lighter-than-air ship hangars repre... More
Join the Air Service--Learn-Earn / W.Z. ; Forbes, Boston.
Poster showing the Air Service insignia, various aircraft including airplanes and dirigibles, and a crew tending to a plane in the foreground. Caption: "Give 'er the gun."
Navigation aérienne. Ballon & appareil de direction construit par M. P...
Print shows the airship "Avenir" floating above a coastline, ships at sea, and a small balloon in the background.
A musical farce comedy, The air ship by J.M. Gaites.
"Greater New York." Caption: An actual scene. Created and "copyrigh[t] 1898 by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." No. 6325. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
[Airship powered by an electric motor developed by Albert and Gaston T...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Southern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-B Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Southern Lighter Than Air Ship Hanga...
Survey number: HABS CA-2707-B Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Utilité particuliére, du vaisseau volant Divers utilités, du vaisseau ...
Two songs illustrated with humorous pictures of men using flying machines for various purposes. The left panel shows a man fleeing from his creditors, while the four vignettes to the right depict a clergyman, a... More
Plateforme aérienne cerf-volant libre dirigeable, système Vaussin-Char...
Scaled design drawing shows a system for navigating an airship using propellers. Includes plans of dirigible platform body and complete platform assembly, and identification key. Tissandier collection.
[Cures d'air dans la montagne] / A. Robida.
Drawing shows an airship "Cures d'air" supporting the "Pension Bellevue" for individuals requiring medical care and floating above a mountainous region. One of the artist's conceptions for his book on life in t... More
[East front of the U.S. Capitol, with airship (drawn?) above, Washingt...
H79813 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by G.V. Buck, Washington, D.C. Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[French military dirigible "République" leaving Moisson for Chalais-Me...
George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The zeppelin raids: the vow of vengeance. Drawn for "The Daily Chronic...
Poster showing a soldier shaking his fist at a zeppelin following bombing.
Graf Zeppelin. View over U.S. Capitol
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Rivista aerostatica Grossi - Print, Library of Congress collection
Italian political cartoon shows the aftermath of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of Berlin; from left, a bottle-shaped airship labeled "Cipro", "Congresso", and "Angleterre", with a figure identified as J... More
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, East of Red Hill Avenue between Eding...
Significance: MCAS Tustin was originally built to support the function of the LTA ships and later became a major center for Marine helicopter aviation on the West Coast. The lighter-than-air ship hangars repre... More
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, East of Red Hill Avenue between Eding...
Significance: MCAS Tustin was originally built to support the function of the LTA ships and later became a major center for Marine helicopter aviation on the West Coast. The lighter-than-air ship hangars repre... More
Front section, Shenandoah disaster, Sharon, Ohio, Sept. 3
Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description