Hydrogen and Hot Air Balloon Aviation has a long, curious history in nations around the world for military and other purposes ...

1794-1945—Balloons Used in Wars: From the U.S. Civil War, through World Wars I and II balloons are used as tools for warfare, for transportation surveying, and communication.

“Jim will probably be the one to write the definitive book [on Lowe],” says Crouch, who should know, since he’s an expert on Civil War ballooning himself. A balloon crew from Digital Design ...

C. Lowe, Memoirs of Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, Chief of the Aeronautic Corps of the Army of the United States During the Civil War: My Balloons in Peace and War, eds. Michael Jaeger and Carol Lauritzen ...

Using aerostats for surveillance has a long history, from using hot-air balloons during the Civil War to the recent deployment of tethered air vehicles to monitor drug-running activity in the ...