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Tethered balloons around the world in 19th century

Following Henri Giffard's incredible exploitation, tethered balloons spread across the world. Giffard' student and pilot, Louis Godard is without a doubt the most powerful balloon maker of that era.

Louis Godard organized the following tethered balloons from 1884 to 1899 :

1884
Nice, Turin
1888
Barcelona-1742 flights in 110 days carrying 18,144 passengers
1888
Bueno Aires
1889
Paris, Trocadéro-1564 flights in 161 days carrying 19,194 passengers
1890
Nice, Rome
1891
Copenhague, Chicago
1893
Mexico, Toulon
1895
Paris, Champs-de-Mars for 110 days
1896
Budapest-554 flights in 60 days carrying 7,017 passengers
1897
Leipzig-1120 flights in 183 days carrying 13,019 passengers
1898
Turin-1841 flights in 208 days carrying 20,258 passengers

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