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Early aerial reconnaissance
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:12 am
by Ulrich Rudofsky
It is hard to believe that the technical infancy of aerial surveillance of the Royal Prussian Balloon Detachment produced such amazing pictures in 1880.
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,553 ... _3,00.html
Great photos
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:23 pm
by George Gerolimatos
Hi,
Interesting photos. I know that the Union forces in the American Civil War used observation balloons in some battles, but I'm not sure if they took photos. That was 20 years before these Prussian photos were taken, so I imagine the equipment must have been even more cumbersome. I wonder: did the Prussians use observation balloons in their war against France in 1870?
George G>
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:18 pm
by Ulrich Rudofsky