tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16150876.post115270249351793549..comments2023-10-14T11:58:11.385-04:00Comments on Ron Schuler's Parlour Tricks: Croce-SpinelliRon Schulerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12897764795703441103noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16150876.post-1158712007076454092006-09-19T20:26:00.000-04:002006-09-19T20:26:00.000-04:00The web is a great source of information but regre...The web is a great source of information but regretfully also a source of a lot of false info. The flight by Tissandier, Sivel and Crocé-Spinelli starter in La Villette, a suburb of Paris and far from India. Helium was first produced, in very small quantities, in 1895. The gas they used was probably coal gas from the nearest gas works. Henri-Théodore Sivel was a great aeronaut himself and made many flights here in Scandinavia, both from Copenhagen and Gothenburg 1872-1874. Once he flew with his mother-in-law and his daughter so maybe the rumours about his gayness was just a rumour. I have a friend who is the great grandson of Sivel's uncle. He accidentally met a direct descendant of Crocé-Spinelli at the French Aero Club a few months ago!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com