The very first English ‘magnificent man in his flying machine’
The very first English ‘magnificent man in his flying machine’ – a pastry chef and Oxfordshire hero When ballooning first began in Europe in 1783 with...
The very first English ‘magnificent man in his flying machine’ – a pastry chef and Oxfordshire hero When ballooning first began in Europe in 1783 with...
BALLOONS floated into the air at Woodeaton at the weekend to mark the anniversary of a historic balloon landing 231 years ago. Hundreds watched the release...
FEARS an anniversary event to record a landmark balloon flight from Oxford could be cancelled completely have been quashed after a local school stepped in...
Those magnificent men and their flying machines hope to bring a bit of joy to the skies of Oxford. It's not unusual to see the Virgin...
WHAT better way could there be to see Oxford’s dreaming spires than from the silent pinnacle of a hot air balloon? That is the vision of...
This colourful print of a hot-air balloon flight caught my eye while I was cataloguing a collection of prints and drawings relating to Hackney and...
Say what you want about the constellations of modern stars, but it is doubtful whether any celebrity in the 21st Century would have the power...
Two hundred years ago James Sadler was a name on every Englishman's lips. The pastry chef from Oxford with a gift for science became the...