Up In The Air

The World War I Diaries of Balloonist Cyril Gordon Jones
A Leap For Life
 West Middlesex Water Works
16/10/17
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Passing under bridge outward bound
Passing under bridge on her return. Height about 90ft.
This shows to the greater content the nose blew in.
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At 650ft wind speed on deck 65 knots
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26/9/16
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Balloon ascending
Shoot on JW7
 Matar Winch from KB
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Only the stern of The Salmon
(on back of photo) The 3 Buccaneers looking slightly blotto but really it was the camera that moved
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Strongbow towing Balloon 1917
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Moorhouses machine, in which he landed badly and died immediatly afterwards.
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Type C Parachute
Calthrop parachute
Calthrop parachute
Calthrop parachute
Parachute container damaged after falling from C17 March 1917
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Flying suit with parachute harness + life saving belt complete
Flying suit with parachute harness +life saving belt complete