School of Ballooning
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The UK military set up the School of Ballooning in 1879 under captain James Templer at Chatham. Templer trained the 24th company of the Royal Engineers.[1]
The British balloonists introduced the use of steel canisters for compressed hydrogen, and of goldbeater's skin for balloon surfaces.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hildebrandt, 1908, Airships Past and Present, pp. 162–165.
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| Organization names | School of Ballooning |
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| Country | GB |
| Locations | Chatham |
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| Started aero | 1879 |
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| Key people | James Templer |
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