Hot Air Balloon | Alberto Santos-Dumont / H. G. Wells / William Wordsworth / Ray Davies / Nadar

Müller & Kadeder, Tin-Carousel Airship, hand-painted 

"There's something in a flying horse, There's something in a huge balloon."

William Wordsworth 

"Man can go up against gravitation in a balloon, and why should he not hope that ultimately 

he may be able to stop or accelerate his drift along the Time-Dimension, or even turn about 

and travel the other way."

H. G. Wells

"To propel a dirigible balloon through the air is like pushing a candle through a brick wall."

Alberto Santos-Dumont

"We're out of control on this loony balloon, barely missing the other planets and stars."

Ray Davies

"We have had bird's-eye views seen by mind's eye imperfectly. Now we will have nothing 

less than the tracings of nature itself, reflected on the plate."

Nadar

Hot Air Balloon Toy