Eduard Spelterini - photographs of a pioneer balloonist

Hilar Stadler, Alex Capus, Museum im Bellpark — 2007

The Swiss balloonist Eduard Spelterini (1852-1931) was perhaps Europe's greatest pioneer in the late 19th century of this earliest means of air travel. At the height of his fame he was known all over Europe as the King of the Air and Defeater of Gravity