balloonist

16 photos tagged balloonist, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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1870

2014

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TVL1970 said:
Aviator, balloonist, and aeronautical engineer Ralph Hazlett Upson (b. 1888 - d. 1968). His career spanned from flying in balloon races, including winning the Gordon Bennett Cup (with R.A.D. Preston as his co-pilot) in the 1913 International Balloon Races, as well as winning the 1913, 1919, and 1921 National Balloon Races, to working on the still-born X-20 Dyna-Soar orbital space glider program in the 1960s. See: sova.si.edu/record/NASM.XXXX.0177?s=0&n=10&t=C&am...
Anne (LOC P&P) said:
TVL 1970: Thanks for pointing us to more information about Upson. We'll include some next time we update.

swanq said:
Upson was one of the builders of the Goodyear Blimp.
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-class_blimp and
swanq said:
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Hazlett_Upson
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B-59 said:
A cropped version of this photo appeared in the Evening star., September 16, 1917, Image 56 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1917-09-16/ed-... Another version of the same photo ran in the East Oregonian, September 14, 1917, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 7 with the caption: "Ralph H. Upson, the young aviaitor, recently flew 320 miles from Chicago to Akron, O. in a new dirigible being tried out by the war department. During the trouble with Mexico he served on the border as scout for the Ohio Field Battery, and operated kite ballons over the Mexican forces." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn88086023/1917-09-14/ed-1/seq-7 The photo is also in fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2023/Chicago%20IL%20Tribune/...
Karen (LOC P&P) said:
B-59: Thank you for providing this information. We'll add it to the record next time we update.

W. Higgins said:
Legendary balloon racer and Goodyear aeronautical engineer.