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The Balloon Pilot Badge is a military badge of the United States Armed Forces which was issued during the First and Second World Wars. The badge was issued by both the United States Army and the U.S. Air Force , with the Navy equivalent known as the Dirigible Pilot Badge .
Larry Newman (September 28, 1947 – December 20, 2010) was an American pilot, business man, and balloonist. He was part of the balloon crews that made the first Atlantic ocean crossing by balloon in the Double Eagle II and the first Pacific ocean crossing by balloon in the Double Eagle V.
Ralph Hazlett Upson (June 21, 1888 – August 13, 1968) was a pioneer in the aviation field, holding Airship Pilot's Certificate #7, Balloon Pilot's Certificate #48 and Pilot's License #10290. [1] Upson designed the world's only all-metal stressed-skin airship and contributed to aerospace technology research. [ 2 ]
Balloon: Licensed by the Académie d'Aérostation météorologique de France as a balloon pilot (1877); [citation needed] Swiss pioneer of ballooning and aerial photography; [nb 32] multiple crossings of the Alps; [178] assisted in medical research (1902). [nb 33] Emile Taddéoli † 8 Mar 1879 24 May 1920 Switzerland: Design Construction ...
He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixed-wing aircraft. He made his fortune in the financial services industry and held world records for five nonstop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as a sailor, and as a solo flight fixed-wing aircraft pilot.
There are fewer than 20 women among hundreds of hot air balloon pilots in this historic region of Turkey – Tamara Davison speaks to one while cruising through the sky
The Dirigible/Balloon Pilot Insignia was a military decoration of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps that was issued to those service members who received training and qualification as dirigible pilots. The badge first appeared in Navy Uniform Regulations in 1922, during which time the Navy was experimenting with lighter-than ...
The balloon operated by Droplyne Hot Air Balloon Rides plummeted about 2,000 feet (609 meters) to the desert floor south of Phoenix near Eloy. Investigators do not yet know the cause of the crash.