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Western Airways Ltd Poster

Poster, Norman Edgar Western Airways Ltd, Bristol to Cardiff Air Express, 15 minutes, 9 shillings and sixpence single fare. Connections from Bristol by air to Liverpool, Birmingham, Plymouth, Bournemouth, Brighton, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands. Air Taxis -- see your city from the air.
20th century

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Mr. Sadlers Ascent from Merton Fields, Oxford

James Sadler's ascent from Merton Fields, Oxford on 7th July 1810. Sadler became the first Englishman to ascend in a balloon (the first English Aeronaut) on 4th October 1784 from Christ Church Meadow, Oxford. Date: 1810

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1810, 19th, 7th, Ascend, Ascent, Balloon, Ballooning, Century, Church, Crowd, Crowds, Fields, Flags, Flight, Historical, History, James, July, Merton, Onlookers, Oxford, Spectacle, Tranport

Mr. Cockings Parachute

Poster for The Casket July 29 1837 advertising A History of Parachutes recording a full description of Mr. Cocking's Parachute, and of its Ascent, and all the Particulars of its Disastrous Descent, and Mr. Charles Green's Account of the Voyage and many facts relative to Mr. Cocking not published before. Date: 1837

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