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This is a list of notable balloonists: Jean-Pierre Blanchard (French) and John Jeffries (American), first flight across the English Channel, 1785. [1] Sophie Blanchard (1778-1819), first professional female balloonist, first woman to pilot her own balloon, received honours from both Napoleon and Louis XVIII
Corominas was born in Spain in 1886. She trained as a circus acrobat, and by the turn of the 20th century was participating in the Circo Calderón in Spain. In 1904, she performed a solo aerial ascent in Barcelona, making her the first Spanish woman to make a solo ascent in a balloon. [1]
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Zambeccari and his two companions in the Adriatic (1804), early flight collecting card, ca. 1895 Francesco Guardi, Ascent of a Balloon in Venice, 1784. Count Francesco Zambeccari (1752 - 21 September 1812) was an Italian aviation pioneer.
In 1898, during the Spanish-American War, Baldwin was the pilot of the hot air balloon that gave U.S. troops location information of Spanish snipers before the Battle of San Juan Hill. The balloon was shot down on June 30, 1898, and landed in the Aguadores River. Baldwin was later honorably discharged.
Unlike most balloonists of the day, Wise was not ballooning as a commercial venture, but rather for his own interest and scientific curiosity. The ascent was short and uneventful. He took a second flight in Lebanon County on Independence Day 1835. He attempted to open the valve on the top of the balloon, but lost control, and it burst ...
Malcolm David Ross (October 15, 1919 – October 8, 1985) was a captain [1] [2] in the United States Naval Reserve (USNR), an atmospheric scientist, and a balloonist who set several records for altitude and scientific inquiry, with more than 100 hours flight time in gas balloons by 1961. [3]