Design drawing shows proposal by Louis Panafieu in which the operator in an open car attached to the balloon achieves lift without loss of gas in ballast by manipulating cords on underside of the balloon. Includes horizontal, front, elevated and descending views.
– Library Of Congress
+ Source: Balloon Design Drawing :: Louis Panafieu :: Library Of Congress
+ Related:
• Design Drawings for a Man-Powered Flying Machine [1866]
• Electric Powered Airship Designed By Albert and Gaston Tissandier [1883]
• Flugmaschine. Erfunden von Jacob Degen in Wien [1807]
