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Description: Based on 1670's Francesco Lana Terzi model for Flying Boat, and an archive of an Air Balloon Contest in Toulosse from the same period of time, I re-adapted and recreate some of those ideas. The starting point was the first flight of Montgolfier, bringing other design elements in the final object. Reconsidering the history of aerospace in Europe, from airships to space flight, I made an installation that combines both archival material and the production of a prototype which is both boat and diri