Jean-Pierre Blanchard

Jean-Pierre Blanchard

male, deceased (1809)
Aviation pioneer, Pilâtre de Rozier, ware, aviator, aviation, seine…balloon, hot air balloon, gasballoon
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (7 July 1753 - 7 March 1809) was a French inventor, most remembered a pioneer in aviation and ballooning. Blanchard made his...
Bertrand Piccard

Bertrand Piccard

male, 51 years old
EPFL, Solar Impulse, Château d'Oex, Swiss, Breitling Orbiter, Psychiatrist…gasballoon, balloon
Bertrand Piccard was born on March 1st 1958 in Lausanne (Switzerland) into a family of explorers and scientists. His grandfather was the first...
Per Lindstrand

Per Lindstrand

male, 61 years old
engineer, swedish, Adventurer, hot air balloon, English, gasballoon…The Great Balloon Race
Per Lindstrand is an aeronautical engineer, pilot and adventurer who has lived in Oswestry, England, since 1978. He is particularly known for his...

Charles B. Moore

male, 89 years old
Roswell, Project Mogul, gasballoon, spectrographic analysis, debunker, New Mexico Tech
Charles B. Moore, Jr. (born 1920) is an American physicist, engineer and meteorologist, known for his work with gas balloons. He was a former...