List of missing aircraft
19th century

List of missing aircraft

Section Title: 19th century
Table Section Text: None

Date	Aircraft	People missing	Type of incident	Location	Remarks

December 28, 1856	Ville de Paris (hot air balloon)	1 (Matias Perez)	Unknown	Straits of Florida north of Havana, Cuba	Cuban expression: Voló como Matías Pérez. (He flew like Matias Perez.)

September 28, 1879	Pathfinder (hydrogen balloon)	2 (John Wise & George Burr)	Unknown	Lake Michigan	The body of George Burr was later recovered from Lake Michigan.

December 10, 1881	Saladin (hydrogen balloon)	1 (Walter Powell)	Loss of control	Eype Mouth, west of Bridport, Dorset	Powell was MP for Malmesbury when he disappeared.

July 16, 1889	Campbell Dirigicycle (demonstration flight)	1	Mechanical failure	N Atlantic, due east of Atlantic City, New Jersey	This was one of Professor P. C. [Peter Carmant] Campbell's airships. The pilot was Edward D. Hogan (1852–1889).

Sentence(s)

On September 28, 1879, John Wise disappeared with George Burr over Lake Michigan.

final_sentence: On September 28, 1879, John Wise disappeared with George Burr over Lake Michigan.