page_title: List of balloonists
hierarchical_section_title: List of balloonists
context_page_description: This is a list of notable balloonists:
  Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries, first flight across the English Channel, 1785.
  Steve Fossett, American, first solo non-stop balloon flight around the Earth.
  James Glaisher FRS, English meteorologist, astronomer, and pioneering balloonist, with a world record-breaking ascent in 1862
  David N. Levin, American, only "triple crown pilot"
  Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French, inventors of the Montgolfière-style hot air balloon
  Jean Pierre Alfred Nadal, Siege of Paris 1870 French balloon aeronautist, 1871 lieutenant magasinier général des aérostiers civils et militaires
  Letitia Ann Sage, first British woman to ascend in a balloon
  James Sadler, first English balloonist
  John Wise, American
  Roger Wootton, English
context_section_description: This is a list of notable balloonists:
  Jean-Pierre Blanchard (French) and John Jeffries (American), first flight across the English Channel, 1785.
  Steve Fossett (1944–2007), American, first solo non-stop balloon flight around the Earth.
  James Glaisher FRS (1809–1903), English meteorologist, astronomer, and pioneering balloonist, with a world record-breaking ascent in 1862
  David N. Levin (1948–2017), American, only "triple crown pilot"
  Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French, inventors of the Montgolfière-style hot air balloon
  Jean Pierre Alfred Nadal, Siege of Paris 1870 French balloon aeronautist, 1871 lieutenant magasinier général des aérostiers civils et militaires
  Letitia Ann Sage (c.1750–1817), first British woman to ascend in a balloon
  James Sadler (balloonist) (1753–1828), first English balloonist
  John Wise (1808–1879?), American
  Roger Wootton (1944–2017), English
caption: First public demonstration of the Montgolfier brothers balloon.
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