Jean-Pierre Blanchard

Jean-Pierre Blanchard

male, deceased (1809)
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (7 July 1753 - 7 March 1809) was a French inventor, most remembered a pioneer in aviation and ballooning. Blanchard made his...
David Hempleman-Adams

David Hempleman-Adams

male, 53 years old
David Hempleman-Adams, LVO, OBE, (born 1956 in Swindon, Wiltshire) is an English explorer. He is the first man in history to reach the Geographic...
Per Lindstrand

Per Lindstrand

male, 61 years old
Per Lindstrand is an aeronautical engineer, pilot and adventurer who has lived in Oswestry, England, since 1978. He is particularly known for his...
Ed Yost

Ed Yost

male, deceased (2007)
Paul Edward Yost (June 30,1919 - May 27, 2007) was the American inventor of the modern hot air balloon and was sometimes referred to as the "Father...
Vijaypat Singhania

Vijaypat Singhania

male
ŅVijaypat Singhania is the chairman emeritus of the Raymond Group of clothing and textiles. He is also the current Sheriff of Mumbai, since D...

Gary Mortimer

male, 42 years old
Gary Mortimer (born 1967, Bristol, England) Hot air balloon Pilot and current holder of the South African Hot Air Balloon Altitude record. The...
Anthony Smith

Anthony Smith

male, 83 years old
Anthony Smith (born March 30, 1926) is, among other things, an explorer, author and former "Tomorrow's World" television presenter. He is perhaps...

François Laurent D'Arlandes

male, deceased (1809)
François Laurent Marquis d'Arlandes was a pioneer of hot air ballooning along with Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier. They flew for the first time in...

André-Jacques Garnerin

male, deceased (1823)
Andre-Jacques Garnerin (January 31 1769 - August 18 1823) was the inventor of the frameless parachute. He was born in Paris. His early experiments...

Aimé Argand

male, deceased (1803)
Aimé Argand was Swiss physicist and chemist. He greatly improved the oil lamp. Francois-Pierre-Ami Argand was born in Geneva, Switzerland, the n...