ABSTRACT
In the Army and Navy Illustrated for 22 July 1899 appears an account of the first use of wireless in aviation. This was a demonstration by Marconi’s to the Army authorities at Aldershot, whereby a transmitter installed in a captive observation balloon could be used to send signals to a receiver in a much smaller balloon some few miles away. The intelligence was received by the ground staff via a wire from the receiver to the ground.
