Rolls in a Basket - An old photo of a man in a hot air balloon

Description: "Photograph of the late C.S. Rolls and Hon. Mrs. Assheton Harbord in basket of balloon", by Horace Hall...Charles Stewart Rolls became interested in flying after he had already founded Rolls-Royce in 1904. Though the badge is indistinct this balloon may be his 'Midget'. In 1910 Rolls was killed in an aeroplane accident...Mrs. Assheton Harbord owned her own balloon (Nebia) and was a dedicated aeronaut, crossing the Channel a number of times...Date: c.1910..Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/547 ( http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=251061&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=copy+1/547 ) /125..This image is from the collections of The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons... ( http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/imagelibrary ) .