Airships Past and Present; Together with Chapters on the Use of Balloons in Connection with Meteorology, Photography and the Carrier Pigeon by Alfred Hildebrandt
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ... They greeted us in friendly fashion, but realising that we were foreigners, they asked no questions. Our horse managed the hills remarkably well; we switchbacked up and down, and the whole thing was done automatically without the driver's interference. Every now and then it looked as though we should be landed in the snow, but the heavy balloon steadied it at the critical moment. Soon we reached a sort of high road, very hilly still, but better than before; and after a drive of three hours, we landed safely at Markaryd at 5 p.m. We first went to the telegraph office to allay the anxiety of our friends, and after a long conversation, carried on for the most part in dumb show, we discovered that this was only a telephone office, and no telegrams were taken in. But our troubles were near their end, for we found a stationmaster who was able to talk German. We handed him our messages, and he sent them by telephone to Hessleholm, whence they were forwarded by telegraph to Berlin. We paid off the driver, and packed the balloon on the train, being glad of an opportunity of getting something hot to eat and drink at the little railway hotel. Our messages evoked an unexpected response in the shape of telephonic enquiries from the Swedish newspapers at Malmo, Stockholm, Wexio, and other towns, which reached us long before our telegrams reached Berlin. Our balloon had been noticed as it came across the Baltic. Accordingly we gave particulars to the stationmaster, and he relieved us of any further bother. We reached Malmo next day, and I called on the officer commanding the regiment of hussars, which was stationed there. We were received in a most hospitable manner, and invited to join their mess, after which we were driven round Malmo and the neighbourhood before makin...
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