Comments | dr_hermes: Pull that balloon over, if you please

dr_hermes

Pull that balloon over, if you please

Jan 25, 2011 19:54

A charming scene from a 1901 issue of L'ASSIETTE AU BEURRES. I like the stolid policemen directing traffic.

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terry_mccombs January 26 2011, 05:52:51 UTC

Seems that even before the Write Brothers the idea of flight was... er.... taking off.

I recall coming across a reproduction of a boardgame from 1895 where the goal was to get your piece across England to the Atlantic first, and you had three was you could go, coach, rail or flying machine.

dr_hermes January 26 2011, 08:46:05 UTC

Jules Verne got a lot of mileage out of manned balloon flight (har).

docsavage181 January 27 2011, 01:01:09 UTC

Around the world in a daze.

dr_hermes January 27 2011, 01:23:24 UTC

Story of my life, to be honest.

full_metal_ox January 28 2011, 01:01:38 UTC

Is anyone else here reminded of the aerial bumper-to-bumper traffic jams in THE FIFTH ELEMENT?