1930s Stratosphere Balloon and Gondola Model STL

A 1930s-style stratosphere balloon on a round display base. A tall, gored envelope narrows to a rigging frame of slim struts and a ring, which carries a sealed spherical gondola with round portholes and a hatch on top. The gondola sits in a shallow cradle on the base, so the model stands upright. In the early 1930s, scientists began riding balloons into the stratosphere inside pressurised metal gondolas. Auguste Piccard's flight of 1931 was the first to pass 15 km, and several record attempts f…

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