Reaching for the Skies
Lighter than Air
S1 • E11 Nov 21, 1988 60m
Paris, November 1783: an awe-struck crowd in the Bois de Boulogne watched as a balloon built by Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier rose into the sky.
Later, magnificent airships became luxurious liners of the skies. But the disasters of the R101 and the Hindenburg brought this chapter to a fiery end.
Later, magnificent airships became luxurious liners of the skies. But the disasters of the R101 and the Hindenburg brought this chapter to a fiery end.
