Direction des ballons (système Ardisson), Bordeaux, le 26 janvier 1871; Design drawings for a system proposed by Annibal Ardisson to navigate a balloon from a platform located below the bag. The aeronaut manipulates blades in a moveable drum to interact with the wind and affect the direction of the balloon. (Source: Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82).

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