TIL that during the Prussian siege of Paris many balloons made one way trips out of the city
TIL that during the Prussian siege of Paris many balloons made one way trips out of the city
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Ballooning Over Bullets, and Other Escapes From the Siege of Paris - the low countries
I was aware that news and letters were brought into the city by carrier pigeons with microfilm, but I wasn't aware that news and post from the city(along with the carrier pigeons themselves that would later return) were brought out by constructing one way balloons out of the diminishing resources for a harrowing flight over occupied France with a shrinking pool of pilots.