Circling the Washington Monument by Lincoln Beachey (fedia.io)

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Lincoln Beachey circles the Washington Monument in an airship, June ~~13~~ 14, 1906. NASM 98-15047 by National Air and Space Museum Archives: Smithsonian Institution, Transportation History #balloons

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[-] hitstun@fedia.io 3 points 5 months ago

118 years ago, America's first stunt pilot flew circles around the Washington Monument and then landed on the White House lawn to try to greet the President. Nowadays, Washington, DC has all these capitol-specific airspace rules that diidn't have personal dirigibles in mind. Drones are banned city-wide too. It's not to say that this stunt is impossible to do legally nowadays, but good luck getting permits to do this.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Why is it tethered to the ground?

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

It's a monument. We want it tied down.

[-] hitstun@fedia.io 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Wait, is it tethered? It's a poor quality photo, so maybe it is? Beachey and Knabenshue were out there flying that dirigible every afternoon and evening for a week, so maybe wind was a factor? Like, if they were worried about crashing into the Washington Monument, the thing is made of marble bricks, so it wouldn't do any damage to the monument.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

There appears to be a line traveling from the bottom of the dirigible to the ground.

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