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