Firefly Balloon  glider

acc. date	type	reg.	operator	fat.	location		dmg
15-JUN-1785	Hybrid Balloon - Gas / Montgolfiere	Unregistered	Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier	2	Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais		w/o
19-JUL-1786	Vincent Lunardi Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Vincent Lunardi	0+1	Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland		w/o
25-MAY-1824	"Royal George" Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Thomas Harris	1	Beddington Park, Carshalton, near Croydon, Surrey		w/o
24-JUL-1837	Royal Nassau Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Charles Green & Edward Spencer	1	Blackheath, Greenwich, London		non
28-JUN-1838	Royal Victoria Gas Balloon	Unregistered	George Graham	0+1	Marylebone Road, London		min
09-JUL-1849	The Rainbow Gas Balloon	Unregistered	William Wadman	1	Bristol Channel, off Weston-super-Mare, Somerset		mis
02-JUN-1852	Gas Balloon	Unregistered	James Goulston, alias 'Guiseppe Lunardini'	1	Stone Breaks Hill, Lees, near Oldham, Lancashire		w/o
29-JUN-1856	Ville de París (City of Paris) Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Matías Pérez	1	Gulf of Mexico, North of Havana		mis
15-AUG-1859	'The Florence Nightingale' Gas Balloon	Unregistered	William Henry Hall	1	West Boldon, County Durham		mis
24-AUG-1863	Coxwell Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Henry Tracey Coxwell	1	Arnold, Nottinghamshire		w/o
09-JUL-1874	The Czar Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Joseph W. Simmonds	1	Sydney Street, Chelsea, London		w/o
22-MAY-1877	The Queen Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Benjamin Medcalf	0+1	Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire		w/o
20-OCT-1877	Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Aquila Moreley	1	Langold Park, Carlton in Lindrick, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire		w/o
28-SEP-1879	Pathfinder Hydrogen Balloon	n/a	John Wise	2	Lake Michigan, IL		w/o
10-DEC-1881	Saladin (Hydrogen Balloon)	Unregistered	Walter Powell	1	English Channel, off Eype Mouth, west of Bridport, Dorset		mis
27-AUG-1888	Cosmo Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Joseph W Simmons	1	Wickham Bishops, 2 miles southeast of Witham, Essex		w/o
16-JUL-1889	George Higgins Gas Balloon	Unregistered	George Higgins	1	Burnage, Manchester		w/o
29-MAY-1890	Gas Balloon	Unregistred	Victor Rolla	1	Near Ålön, Ljusterön, Stockholm Arcipelago		w/o
16-JUN-1891	Gas Balloon 'Kysibelka'	Unregistered	Maximilian Wolff	0	Reissenzahnovu foundry, Praha (Prague)		w/o
08-AUG-1891	George Higgins Gas Balloon No.2	Unregistered	Professor George Higgins	1	Kirkstall, near Leeds, West Yorkshire		min
10-DEC-1891	Wanderer Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Lt Edward Mansfield	1	Victoria Park, Bombay		w/o
29-JUN-1892	Capt. Dale Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Captain William Duncan Dale	2	Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London		w/o
05-AUG-1895	Capt Alfred Orton Smoke Balloon	Unregistered	Captain Alfred Orton	1	Peterborough, Lincolnshire		w/o
14-JUL-1897	Örnen Free Hydrogen Balloon	unregistered	S.A. Andrées Polarexpedition	3	Franz Josef Land		w/o
02-NOV-1899	Balloon	unregistered	Captain Charles Lorraine	1	Sea off Lyttelton Harbour, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury		w/o
20-MAY-1902	Lieut George Philip Lempriere Gas Balloon	Unregistered	Lieut George Philip Lempriere	1	Sheffield Wednesday FC Ground, Owlerton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire		non
31-AUG-1905	John E Baldwin Hot Air Balloon	unregistered	John E Baldwin	1	County Fairgrounds, 800 Sweitzer Street, Greenville, Darke County, OH		w/o
11-JUN-1906	Gas balloon Capt Frederick Bidmead	Unregistered	Capt Frederick Bidmead	1	West Lane Football Ground, Haworth, West Yorkshire		non
28-MAY-1907	Gas Balloon 'Thresher'	Unregistered	Royal Engineers Corps, British Army	2	10 miles off Exmouth, Devon		w/o
20-MAY-1908	250 Cubic Metre Balloon	unreg.	Exército Brasileiro	1	Serra do Barata, RJ		w/o
10-FEB-1909	Balloon	unregistered	Captain Jonassen	0	Victoria Domain, Gisborne, East Coast		sub
03-APR-1910	Gas Balloon “Pommern”	unregistered	Private	3	Sassnitz, Jasmund peninsula, Rügen Island, State of Mecklenburg		w/o
17-APR-1910	Gas Balloon “Delitzsch”	unregistered	Private	4	Reichensachsen, Wehretal, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Hesse		w/o
09-JUL-1910	Gas balloon, Spencer Bros.	Unregistered	Spencer Brothers	1	Coventry, Warwickshire		non
04-DEC-1910	Gas balloon	Unregistered	Private	1	Near Park Cottage, Berstane Road, Kirkwall, Orkney		w/o
20-MAR-1911	Düsseldorf 4 Balloon		Niederrheinische Verein für Luftschiffahrt	1	near Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland		w/o
31-MAY-1913	'Eduadaro Newbery' Hot Air Balloon	unregistered	Private	0	Plaza San Martín, Buenos Aires		w/o
07-JUN-1914	Gas Balloon	Unregistered	M. Leprince	0	Sézannais, Marne department, Grand Est region		w/o
27-AUG-1917	Balloon			0	North East of Uexkull (Ikskile)		w/o
18-OCT-1918	Gas Balloon	#211	United States Army Air Service (USAAS)	0	Riverside, California, CA		w/o
20-DEC-1918	Gas balloon	Unregistered	Un-named 'Canadian National'	0	Snellings Wood, Fir Grove Road, Cross-in-Hand, Heathfield, East Sussex		w/o
20-AUG-1920	Army Hot Air Free Balloon		United States Army Balloon School	0	Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, California		w/o
23-MAR-1921	Connecticut Aircraft Company Observation Balloon	A-5597	United States Navy	5	Gulf of Mexico, 20 miles off St. Andrews Bay, Florida		w/o
18-OCT-1921	Balloon		US Army	1	Rose Field, Arcadia, Near San Pedro, CA		w/o
25-JAN-1922	Free Balloon		United States Army Balloon School	1	North of Los Alamitos, Orange County, CA		w/o
07-JUL-1923	Goodyear free balloon	A-6698	United States Navy (USN)	2	Lake Erie 25 miles SW of Port Stanley, Ontario		w/o
23-SEP-1923	Balloon "Geneva"		von Grunigen & Wehren	2	Mol, Antwerp		w/o
23-SEP-1923	Balloon "Polar"		Gomez Guillamon & Penaranda Barea	1	Heist op den Berg, Antwerp		w/o
23-SEP-1923	Gas Balloon	S-6	United States Army Air Service (USAAS)	2+3	Nistelrode, Bernheze, about 8 km south of Oss, Noord-Brabant		w/o
07-JUN-1925	Short spherical balloon 'Elise'	G-FAAI	Royal Aero Club	0	Etaples, Pas-de-Calais		w/o
27-JUL-1926	Spencer spherical balloon 'Miramar 1st'	G-FAAM	C G Spencer & Sons Ltd	5	Hoo Park, Kempston, Bedfordshire		w/o
11-MAR-1927	Spencer spherical balloon 'Miramar'	G-FAAD	C G Spencer & Sons Ltd	1	Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, Middlesex		w/o
30-MAY-1928	Hot Air Balloon # 3		United States Army Air Corps (USAAC)	2	Near Greensburg, Pennsylvania		w/o
09-SEP-1928	Spencer spherical balloon	G-FAAO	C G Spencer & Sons Ltd	1	Rugby, Warwickshire		min
06-FEB-1929	balloon		Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule (DVS)	0	near Bennecke		min
22-APR-1929	balloon		French Army	1	Epinal		w/o
25-NOV-1929	Free Balloon	S-35-262	United States Army Air Corps (USAAC)		Mrs R.A. Hoffman's property 10 mi SE Tuttle,OK		w/o
06-JUL-1930	balloon			1	Köln-Poll		w/o
07-APR-1933	balloon		Everest Air Expedition	0	Mt Everest		w/o
16-JUN-1933	Free Balloon	S-19-242	United States Army Air Corps (USAAC)		4.5 mi E of Binger, OK		w/o
30-JAN-1934	Osoaviakhim-1 hydrogen balloon	Sirio	Osoaviakhim	3	Potizh-Ostrov village in rural Insarsky District of Mordovia,		w/o
13-MAY-1934	'Bartsch von Eigsfeld' Research Balloon		Private	2	Russian Border		w/o
17-MAY-1934	balloon		Aéronavale	0	15 km W of Chateaurour		w/o
10-SEP-1934	balloon (2x)			2	Benzig, Kattowitz		unk
24-JUN-1935	balloon			0	Ostend, West Flanders		non
21-JUL-1935	balloon			0	near Saalfeld		unk
29-JUL-1935	balloon			1	Ansberg		w/o
08-JUL-1936	balloon			0	Proßnitz (Mähren)		w/o
21-APR-1937	balloon			2	Mailly Airfield, Bitryles-Francois		w/o
04-OCT-1954	Georges Suire Balloon		Georges Suire	2	North Sea, off Danish coast near Esbjerg		w/o
17-JAN-1956	balloon		United States Air Force (USAF)	0	600 mi E of Hawaii		w/o
30-JUL-1958	balloon		United States Air Force (USAF)	0	over Minnesota		w/o
13-AUG-1958	Balloon 'Skycar-1'		Otton Christen Winzen	0	Ashland, Wisconsin		w/o
15-DEC-1958	Eiloart Free Balloon	G-APOB	Arnold Eiloart	0	South Atlantic Ocean, 1,200 miles W of Tenerife		w/o
05-APR-1959	balloon	Stuttgart		2	E of Nördlingen		w/o
29-MAY-1960	Vandenbemden Balloon	OE-DZA			Zlan		w/o
16-JUN-1962	Free Balloon (Gas)	CARD.7	Royal Aircraft Establishment, Cardington	0	1/2 mile South of Shipton Belinger, Wiltshire		w/o
13-APR-1963	balloon	Ruhrgas	private	3+3	Herbede/Witten		w/o
18-JAN-1964	Raven S-40	N12000	Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Assoc Inc	1	near Dana Point, CA		min
26-JUL-1964	Raven S-45	N12002	Raven Industries Inc	1	Pittsburg, California		sub
26-MAY-1965	balloon	Ikarus	private	0	Augsburg, near (Bayern)		sub
11-NOV-1967	Balloon		Private	0	Attaching, Freising, Bavaria, West Germany		sub
17-APR-1968	balloon		private	0	near Ichenhausen/Günzburg		w/o
06-JUN-1968	HB Balloons Gas Balloon	HB-BIW	Private	3	Donauturm, Wien (Vienna)		w/o
20-JUL-1968	Vanden Bemdem A Gas Balloon 'Jambo'	G-AVAT	Anthony John Francis Smith (regd. owner)	0	Halland, near Lewes, East Sussex		w/o
06-AUG-1968	Hot Air Balloon	CF-POP			Alberta
08-MAY-1969	Balloonfabrik-Lee-und-Luft.	G-AWGF	Duckhams Q Oils	0	West Wickham, Bromley, Kent		w/o
01-SEP-1970	balloon				Gesshofen		w/o
20-SEP-1970	Roziere Balloon aka 'Free Life'	N2079	Private	3	Atlantic Ocean 400 miles SE of Newfoundland		mis
09-SEP-1973	Western O.65 Balloon (Hot Air)	G-AZOO	Southern Balloon Group	0	RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset		min
21-FEB-1974	Super Pressure balloon 'Light Heart'	unregistered	Colonel Thomas Leigh Gatch Jr.	1	Atlantic Ocean, 1,000 miles west of the Canary Islands		mis
31-MAR-1974	Raven S-50A	N2324	Clyde Hillock Jacobs Jr	1	Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio		sub
09-JUL-1974	Raven S-60A	N54691	Private	2	Tavares, Florida		min
08-OCT-1974	Thunder AX7-65	G-BCCG	Clark Equipment Ltd	2	Saltley Trading Estate, Birmingham		min
11-MAY-1975	Raven S-40	N11976	Private	0	Fremont, Newaygo County, Michigan		w/o
22-NOV-1975	Hot air balloon 'James Cook'	unregistered	T P McCormack	2	Brucedale 10km north of Wagga Wagga, NSW		w/o
24-JAN-1976	Thunder AX-7	N5217	William G Busse t/a Sky Drifter Balloon Co	0	near Death Valley, Mojave Desert, California		w/o
29-APR-1976	Raven RX-6	N8671L	Free Balloon	0	Carlisle, Polk County, Iowa		w/o
21-OCT-1976	Balloon 1	unreg.		3	Charlotte, NC		w/o
11-JUN-1978	Raven RX-6	N7271L	Private	0	Tampa, FL		w/o