Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1901 — Woman in a Balloon. [ARTICLE]

Woman in a Balloon.

The Archduke Leopold Salvator, who is considerably interested in aeronautics, recently made an ascent in his balloon, Meteor, accompanied by his wife and little 7-year-old daughter and Princess Theresa of Bavaria. The ascent was made in Vienna at about 10 o’clock in the morning, the Danube was crossed at about a height of 6,500 feet and the descent was safely accomplished some three hours later at Kornenburg. In Berlin a permanent international commission has been formed to promote ballooning, both in the interests of science and of sport