| | CIA NOTABLE FLIGHTS and ACHIEVEMENTS |
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| | Date: | 200-400 | Pilot: | Antarqui (small boy) | PER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Earliest mythical manned flight |
| | Said to have been sent up in the air to spy on the enemy |
| | Nazca culture |
| | Aerostat: | Nazca | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Nazca. Journey to the sun | Updated | 2002-06-16 |
| | Date: | 1709-08-08 | Pilot: | Bartholomeu Lourenço de Gusmão¹ | 1686-1724 | BRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Earliest recorded model balloon flight |
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| | Aerostat: | Gusmão | Hot Air Balloon model | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 2002-03-19 |
| | Date: | 1731-11-17 | Pilot: | Mr. Kriakoutny | 1710?-1750 | RUS |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First manned balloon flight according to Russian claims. |
| | Flew from Ryazan town square. |
| | Landed in church bell-tower. Beaten by Supersticious peasants and had to flee |
| | Aerostat: | Balloon made of Ox-hides | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | S. Mihailovich (Russian Archives). Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1782-11-25/26 | Pilot: | Joseph-Michel Montgolfier¹ | 1740-1810 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First experiment by Montgolfier. |
| | At 18. rue Saint-Etienne. Avignon |
| | Fire made of paper |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 1. Silk cube. | Hot Air Balloon model | Volume | 1 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1782-12- | Pilot: | Joseph & Étienne Montgolfier¹ | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First outdoor flight. |
| | Paper factory garden in Vidalon-les-Annonay |
| | Fire made of straw and humid wool. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 2. Cylinder. | Hot Air Balloon model | Volume | 1 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 1 | min | Altitude: | 30 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1782-12-14 | Pilot: | Joseph & Étienne Montgolfier¹ | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First free flight with a model balloon |
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| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 3. Silk sphere. | Hot Air Balloon model | Volume | 18 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 3 | min | Altitude: | 250 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-04- | Pilot: | Joseph & Étienne Montgolfier¹ | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Tethered experiments. |
| | Château de Brogieux. Annonay |
| | Fire made of straw and humid wool. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 4. Linen & paper sphere. | Hot Air Balloon model | Volume | 800 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1783-04-25 | Pilot: | Joseph & Étienne Montgolfier¹ | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First free flight at night. |
| | Château du Colombier. Annonay. |
| | Fire made of straw and humid wool. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 4. Linen & paper sphere. | Hot Air Balloon model | Volume | 800 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 2 km | 1 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1783-06-04 | Pilot: | Joseph & Étienne Montgolfier¹ | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First public demonstration. free flight. |
| | Place des Cordeliers. Annonay. |
| | Fire made of straw and humid wool. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 4. Linen & paper sphere. | Hot Air Balloon model | Volume | 800 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 2 km | 1 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. BF18:4 | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1783-08-27 | Pilot: | Jacques Alexandre César Charles & Robert brothers¹ | 1746-1823 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First Free flight by gas balloon. |
| | Public demonstration. Champ de Mars. Paris - Gonesse 15 km NE Paris. |
| | Balloon destroyed by scared villagers. |
| | Aerostat: | Charlière No 1. Rubberized silk sphere. Hydrogen. | Gas Balloon model | Volume | 35 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 25 km | 16 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 45 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Ballooning 1782-1872 | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1783-08-30 | Pilot: | Louis XVI King of France¹ | 1754-1793 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First aviation Royal decision |
| | King Louis XVI agreed that first aeronauts be prisoners |
| | Pilâtre de Rozier pursuaded the King that prisoners should not be honoured |
| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Stella. Lecornu: La Navigation Aérienne. 1902 | Updated | 2000-11-02 |
| | Date: | 1783-09-12 | Pilot: | Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier¹ | 1745-1799 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Tethered flight. Demonstration for Scientific commission. |
| | Réveillon. Paris |
| | Fire made of straw. humid wool and animal parts. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 5. Paper covered linen. Biconical | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 1000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-09-19 | Pilot: | Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier¹ | 1745-1799 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Sheep. duck and rooster |
| | First free flight with animals. |
| | From the Royal Court at Versailles to Vaucresson |
| | Fire made of straw. humid wool and animal parts. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 6. Painted cotton | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 1400 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 4 km | 2 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 8 | min | Altitude: | 500 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-10- | Pilot: | Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier¹ | 1745-1799 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Tethered flight. |
| | Reveillon. Paris |
| | Airborne heater fired by dried straw. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-10-12 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First tethered human flight. |
| | Reveillon. Paris |
| | Solo flight. weight used to keep equilibrium. Airborne heater fired by dried straw. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 4 | min | Altitude: | 26 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-10-14 | Pilot: | Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier | 1745-1799 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Mayor Dillon. the Count of Chartres |
| | First tethered passenger flight. |
| | Reveillon. Paris |
| | Airborne heater fired by dried straw. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Comitee Annonay | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-10-15 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Tethered human flight. |
| | Reveillon. Paris |
| | Airborne heater fired by dried straw. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 6 | min | Altitude: | 64 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Comitee Annonay | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-10-17 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Tethered flight. |
| | Reveillon. Paris |
| | Airborne heater fired by dried straw. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 8 | min | Altitude: | 80 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Comitee Annonay | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-10-19 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | 1. André Giroud de Villette. 2. François Laurent. Marquis d'Arlandes |
| | Two tethered passenger flights. |
| | Reveillon. Paris |
| | Airborne heater fired by dried straw. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 9 | min | Altitude: | 108 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Comitee Annonay | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-10-19 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | François Laurent. the Marquis d'Arlandes. (1742-1809) |
| | Tethered passenger flights. |
| | Reveillon. Paris |
| | Airborne heater fired by dried straw. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 9 | min | Altitude: | 108 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Comitee Annonay | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-11-21 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | François Laurent. the Marquis d'Arlandes | Passengers: |
| | First recorded manned flight. |
| | From Château de la Muette to la Butte aux Cailles. Paris. France. |
| | Takeoff at 13.54. Airborne heater fired by dried straw. |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 7. Painted fire resistant cotton. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 10 km | 6 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 25 | min | Altitude: | 1000 | meters |
| | Source: | Les Montgolfières. Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Comitee Annonay | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-12-01 | Pilot: | Jacques Alexandre César Charles | 1746-1823 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Marie-Noël Robert (Cadet = the younger) | Passengers: |
| | First human flight in a gas balloon. |
| | From Le jardin des Tuileries. Paris to Nesle-La-Vallée. |
| | Takeoff at 13.45. M-N Robert sometimes called Cadet meaning the younger. |
| | Aerostat: | Charlière No 2. Varnished silk. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 380 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 36 km | 22 miles | Duration: | 2 h | 5 | min | Altitude: | 600 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Ballooning 1782-1982 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1783-12-01 | Pilot: | Jacques Alexandre César Charles | 1746-1823 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First human solo flight in a gas balloon. |
| | Nesle-La-Vallée to Tour du Lay. Hedouville. |
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| | Aerostat: | Charlière No 2. Varnished silk. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 380 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 35 | min | Altitude: | 3500 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Ballooning 1782-1982 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1784-01-19 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Joseph Montgolfier | Passengers: | Count de Laurencin. Count de Dampierre. Mr Lenoir. Mr Fontaine + (Prince Charles de Ligne?) |
| | First flight with more than 2 people |
| | First stowaway (Fontaine). Airborne heater fired with wood. coal and alcohol. |
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| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière No 8. Le Fleselles. Paper btwn 2 layers of linen | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 20000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 13 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105. Romance of Ballooning | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1784-02-25 | Pilot: | Paul Andreani | ITA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First free balloon flight in Italy |
| | Milano. Italy |
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| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | FAI 120 | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1784-03-02 | Pilot: | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | 1753-1809 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First trial with a dirigible balloon. |
| | Champ de Mars. Paris to Billancourt |
| | Propulsion by oars. |
| | Aerostat: | Blanchard No 1. Hydrogen. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 380 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 1 h | 15 | min | Altitude: | 400 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1784-04-23 | Pilot: | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First aviation law |
| | Requirement that balloons carrying fire aloft must be inspected before flight |
| | Reason was that authorities considered balloons could cause fires in Paris |
| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Updated | 2000-04-12 |
| | Date: | 1784-06-04 | Pilot: | Mr. Fleurant | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Mme Elisabeth Thible |
| | First flight with a female passenger. Mme Elisabeth Thible |
| | Lyon. |
| | Witnessed by Gustav III. King of Sweden. Balloon named in his honour |
| | Aerostat: | Laurencin/Fleurant. Le Gustave. Linen & paper. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 4000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 45 | min | Altitude: | 1500 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105. Gustavianskt | Updated | 2002-09-11 |
| | Date: | 1784-06-14 | Pilot: | Coustard de Massy | FRA |
| | Copilot: | R. P. Mouchel. Luynes | Passengers: |
| | First attempt to make scientific observations. |
| | Nantes. |
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| | Aerostat: | de Massy. Le Suffren. Hydrogen. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 450 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 36 km | 22 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 3500 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Ballooning 1782-1982 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1784-06-23 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | L. J. Proust |
| | First flight over 50 km distance. |
| | Versailles to Chantilly |
| | Heater fired with straw. fir wood and wine-shoots soaked in oil and turpentine |
| | Aerostat: | Montgolfière La Marie Antionette. Cotton and sheep skins. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 5000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 52 km | 32 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 50 | min | Altitude: | 3000 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1784-06-24 | Pilot: | Edward Warren | 1771-? | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First free balloon flight in USA. |
| | Baltimore |
| | Pilot 13 years old |
| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | FAI 120 | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1784-07-15 | Pilot: | Marie-Noël Robert. (the younger) | 1760?-1820 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Anne-Jean Robert. 1758-1820. ( Ainé = the elder) | Passengers: | The Count of Chartres and Collin-Hullin |
| | First flight with an elongated balloon with ballonet. |
| | Trials to control direction. St. Cloud to Meudon |
| | No valve fitted. The duke slashed the ballonet to prevent rupture |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen. La Caroline | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 45 | min | Altitude: | 4500 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Dream Machine. Icare 105. Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B | Updated | 2003-03-27 |
| | Date: | 1784-09-19 | Pilot: | Marie-Noël Robert. (the younger) | 1760?-1820 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Anne-Jean Robert. 1758-1820. ( Ainé = the elder) | Passengers: | Collin-Hullin |
| | First flight over 100 km (186 km straight line). |
| | Paris to Beuvry near Bethune |
| | Straight line distance about 190 km. A-J Robert sometimes called Ainé. meaning the elder |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 186 km | 116 miles | Duration: | 6 h | 40 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Dream Machine. Icare 105. Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1785-01-07 | Pilot: | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | 1753-1809 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Dr John Jeffries | Passengers: |
| | First crossing of the Channel. First international air letter. |
| | Dover to Forèt de Guines. Calais |
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| | Aerostat: | Blanchard. Hydrogen balloon. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 1 h | 30 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Ballooning 1782-1982 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1785-06-15 | Pilot: | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | 1757-1785 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Pierre Romain. builder of the balloon |
| | First fatality. |
| | First attempt to cross from France to England |
| | Balloon burst in flames |
| | Aerostat: | Rozière. Hydrogen and hot air. | Rozière Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 1500 | meters |
| | Source: | Who's who in aviation history | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1785-06-29 | Pilot: | George Biggin | 1760-1803 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Mrs Letitia A. Sage |
| | First English woman to ascend. Passenger Mrs Letitia A. Sage |
| | London (Saint George's field) to Harrow Common |
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| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 650 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 48 km | 30 miles | Duration: | 1 h | 55 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire de l'Aeronautique. History of Aeronautics in GB. Romance of Ballooning. Icare 105. The story of Vincenzo Lunardi. Five aerial voyages | Updated | 1996-10-23 |
| | Date: | 1785-08-26 | Pilot: | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | 1753-1809 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Chevalier de Lepinard |
| | First flight over 200 km distance. |
| | Lille to Servon (St-Menehould or Melun) |
| | Probably first flight over 200 km straight line. |
| | Aerostat: | Blanchard. Hydrogen balloon. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 252 km | 157 miles | Duration: | 7 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Ballooning 1782-1982. Romance of Ballooning | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1785-09-08 | Pilot: | Thomas Baldwin | 1750?-1810 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First Aerial view published. trail rope first described |
| | Solo flight by Thomas Baldwin. |
| | Described in Airopaidia 1786. |
| | Aerostat: | Lunardi | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1785-10-20 | Pilot: | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | 1753-1809 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First balloon flight in Belgium |
| | Ghent. Belgium |
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| | Aerostat: | Blanchard. Hydrogen balloon. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | FAI 120. Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 2003-03-24 |
| | Date: | 1786-06-18 | Pilot: | Pierre Testu-Brissy | 1770?-1829 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First night ascent. |
| | Paris to Breteuil |
| | Date may be 10/11 June |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. The Aeronauts. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1793-01-09 | Pilot: | Jean-Pierre Blanchard | 1753-1809 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First free flight in USA by Blanchard |
| | Landing Deptford. New Jersey |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Blanchard. Hydrogen balloon. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. BF 20:3 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1794-06-02 | Pilot: | Jean-Marie-Joseph Coutelle | 1748-1835 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Gen. Radet | Passengers: |
| | First use of balloons in war. |
| | Siege of Maubeuge |
| | French army spotted beseiged Austrian troops |
| | Aerostat: | Entreprenant. hydrogen. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire des Ballons. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1998-07-31 |
| | Date: | 1794-06-23 | Pilot: | Jean-Marie-Joseph Coutelle | 1748-1835 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First use of balloons in war. |
| | Siege of Charleroi |
| | French army spotted beseiged Austrian troops |
| | Aerostat: | Entreprenant. hydrogen. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | FAI 120 | Updated | 1998-07-31 |
| | Date: | 1794-06-26 | Pilot: | Jean-Marie-Joseph Coutelle | 1748-1835 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Gen. Morlot | Passengers: |
| | First use of balloons in war. |
| | Battle of Fleurus |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Entreprenant. hydrogen. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire des Ballons. Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1797-10-22 | Pilot: | André Jacques Garnerin | 1770-1825 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First parachute descent from a balloon. |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Garnerin - Le Premier Parachutiste | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1798-10-16 | Pilot: | Pierre Testu-Brissy | 1770?-1829 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First ascent with a horse. |
| | At Monceau |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1798-11-10 | Pilot: | Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin (Miss Labrosse) | 1779-1847 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Miss Henry | Passengers: |
| | First all female crew. Paris |
| | Also claimed to have been first woman to parachute (1802-09. England. Rechs) |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Garnerin - Le Premier Parachutiste. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1802-06-28 | Pilot: | André Jacques Garnerin | 1770-1825 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Richard Choyce Sowden |
| | High speed flight. Average speed over 100 km/h. |
| | London to Colchester. 110 km/h |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 82 km | 51 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 45 | min | Altitude: | 4500 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB. Ballooning 1782-1972. Garnerin - Le Premier Parachutiste | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1803-07-18 | Pilot: | Etienne Gaspar Robertson | 1763-1837 | BEL |
| | Copilot: | Auguste Lhoëst | Passengers: |
| | First expressly scientific ascent. |
| | Hamburg to Hannover |
| | Altitude claimed by pilot. French Academy admits maximum 6 500 |
| | Aerostat: | Entreprenant. hydrogen. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 7170 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972: 7 170 m. Freiballonsport in Deutschland p8: 7 400 m | Updated | 2003-03-27 |
| | Date: | 1803-10-04 | Pilot: | André Jacques Garnerin | 1770-1825 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | M. Aubert | Passengers: |
| | First flight in Russia. first over 300 km. |
| | Moscow to Polova |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 302 km | 188 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland p8. Garnerin - Le Premier Parachutiste | Updated | 2003-03-27 |
| | Date: | 1804-04-24 | Pilot: | Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac | 1778-1850 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Jean Baptiste Biot | Passengers: |
| | First verified flight over 3000 meters. |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 3977 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland p8 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1804-07-24 | Pilot: | Jordaki Kuparentko | 1780?-1820 | RUS |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First pilot to save his life by parachute. |
| | Balloon caught fire over Warsaw. |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. The Aeronauts. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1804-09-19 | Pilot: | Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac | 1778-1850 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First verified flight over 7000 meters. |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 7016 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Freiballonsport in Deutschland | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1804-12-06 | Pilot: | André Jacques Garnerin¹ | 1770-1825 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Unmanned balloons released to celebrate Napoleon's coronation. |
| | One lands in Rome on Nero's grave. |
| | Garnerin replaced as official aeronaut by superstitious Napoleon. Date sometimes given as 16/12 |
| | Aerostat: | Unmanned. Hydrogen. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1109 km | 689 miles | Duration: | 22 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Garnerin - Le Premier Parachutiste | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1806-09-07 | Pilot: | Etienne Gaspar Robertson | 1763-1837 | BEL |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First gas balloon flight in Sweden |
| | Humlegården. Stockholm. Landed same place after 4 minutes |
| | Not sure if he actually flew free |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 4 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Kernell | Updated | 2002-01-30 |
| | Date: | 1807-09-23 | Pilot: | André Jacques Garnerin | 1770-1825 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 200 miles. |
| | Reims to Clausen (Germany) |
| | Garnerin: almost 400 km. Straight line distance about 250 km |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 396 km | 246 miles | Duration: | 6 h | 55 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Freiballonsport in Deutschland. Garnerin - Le Premier Parachutiste | Updated | 1998-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1808-06-02 | Pilot: | Johann Peter Colding¹ | 1760?-1825 | DEN |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First domestic air mail service starts in Denmark. |
| | Ends after four unmanned flights |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Colding. Hydrogen balloon. Unmanned | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | The History of Airmail in Scandinavia. Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1808-08 | Pilot: | Pascal Andreoli | 1780?-1830 | ITA |
| | Copilot: | Carlo Brioschi | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 7 500 meters. |
| | Rolt: Altitude doubtful but world record for a balloon catching fire |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen/Hot Air balloon | Rozière Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 7600 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1809-02/03 | Pilot: | Johann Peter Colding¹ | 1760?-1825 | DEN |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First international mail balloons. |
| | Denmark to Sweden with pamphlets against the Swedish King |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Colding. Hydrogen balloon. Unmanned | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | The History of Airmail in Scandinavia. Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1810-06-21 | Pilot: | Marie Madeleine Sophie Armant Blanchard | 1774-1819 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First woman to die in a balloon accident. |
| | Fireworks under basket set balloon on fire |
| | Tethered ascent on Champ de Mars. Wedding of Napoleon and Marie-Louise |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | FAI 120 | Updated | 1998-07-31 |
| | Date: | 1811-10-07 | Pilot: | James Gross Sadler | 1751-1828 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Mr Burcham |
| | High speed flight. Average speed 135 km/h. |
| | Average speed 135 km/h. From Birmingham |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 180 km | 112 miles | Duration: | 1 h | 20 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB. Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1815-08-25 | Pilot: | Elisabeth Garnerin | 1800-1845 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First woman parachutist. Elisa Garnerin |
| | Elisa Garnerin. ascends at Champ de Mars. Paris |
| | May have been (only) a balloon flight. not parachute jump |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B. FFA | Updated | 1998-12-16 |
| | Date: | 1817-07-22 | Pilot: | William Windham Sadler | 1796-1824 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First crossing of the Irish Sea |
| | Portobello Barracks. Dublin 13:30 to Holyhead 19:05 |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen balloon | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 5 h | 35 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB | Updated | 2000-11-17 |
| | Date: | 1821-07-19 | Pilot: | Charles Green | 1785-1870 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First use of coal gas. |
| | Royal Coronation balloon |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Green. George IV. Coal gas. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 453 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 40 | min | Altitude: | 3400 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB. Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1822-04-27 | Pilot: | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First Certificate of Airworthiness |
| | Authorities in Paris require inspections of hot air balloons. |
| | If for no other reason than balloons are driven by fire. and are flammable. |
| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Air Law 1 (4th ed. 1977) | Updated | 2002-03-12 |
| | Date: | 1822-05-05 | Pilot: | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Balloons banned to fly over Durham. UK |
| | Aviation law holds that those who set things into the air are liable when those things come down on the heads of others |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Air & Space. May-June 1979 | Updated | 2000-03-15 |
| | Date: | 1835-04-08 | Pilot: | Richard Clayton | 1800?-1860 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 500 km. |
| | Cincinnati to Monroe County. Virginia |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Star of the West | Gas Balloon | Volume | 510 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 563 km | 350 miles | Duration: | 9 h | 30 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. The Eagle Aloft. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1835-07-04 | Pilot: | Richard Clayton | 1800?-1860 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First mail carried in an American balloon. |
| | From Cincinnati to Waverly. Ohio. |
| | Reported as first transatlantic attempt but balloon too small for such. Solo flight |
| | Aerostat: | Star of the West | Gas Balloon | Volume | 510 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 120 km | 75 miles | Duration: | 6 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. The Eagle Aloft. Who's Who B | Updated | 1999-09-15 |
| | Date: | 1836-10-06 | Pilot: | Charles Green | 1785-1870 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | 10 |
| | First flight with 10 passengers |
| | Green's 224th ascent |
| | Hist GB: 11 passengers 1836-09-21 |
| | Aerostat: | Royal Vauxhall. Coal gas | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1980 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1836-11-08 | Pilot: | Charles Green | 1785-1870 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Robert Hollond. Thomas Monck-Mason | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 600 km. First use of drag rope. |
| | From London to Weilburg. Nassau. Germany. |
| | Trail-rope described by Baldwin 1786 in Airopaidia (Hist. of Aeronautics in GB) |
| | Aerostat: | Royal Vauxhall. Coal gas | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1980 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 608 km | 378 miles | Duration: | 18 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 3600 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB. Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Freiballonsport in Deutschland (608 km) | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1837-07-24 | Pilot: | Charles Green | 1785-1870 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Edward Spencer | Passengers: | (Robert Cocking) |
| | Robert Cocking killed in parachute descent. |
| | Balloon exceeded 23 000 ft (7 100 m) |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Royal Nassau. ex Royal Vauxhall. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1980 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 7127 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB. Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Freiballonsport in Deutschland | Updated | 1996-10-24 |
| | Date: | 1838-09-10 | Pilot: | Charles Green | 1785-1870 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | George Rush | Passengers: |
| | Altitude flight |
| | 6 203 m (Hist A in GB) |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Royal Nassau. ex Royal Vauxhall. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1980 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 8275 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1839-04-27 | Pilot: | John Wise | 1808-1879 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First use of Rip Panel |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1840-08 | Pilot: | Charles Green | 1785-1870 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First time Green publicly mentions Atlantic crossing by balloon. |
| | Green announces plans to fly from the new world to the old. |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB. Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-10-24 |
| | Date: | 1844-04-13 | Pilot: | Thomas Monck-Mason¹ | 1803-1889 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Robert Hollond | Passengers: | Six |
| | New York Sun prints Edgar Allan Poe's hoax. |
| | Claimed to have flown from North Wales to South Carolina. |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Victoria | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 75 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1849-06- | Pilot: | AUT |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Austrians load 100 small hot air balloons with fused bombs |
| | Siege of Venice |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Unmanned. | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1849-09-03 | Pilot: | Francois Arban | 1815-1849 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First Alpine crossing. |
| | Marseilles to Stubini (Stupinigi) near Turin |
| | Flown distance about 644 km - 400 miles. Pilot later disappeared over the Mediterrenean 1849-10-07 |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 260 km | 162 miles | Duration: | 9 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 4572 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland. Who's Who B | Updated | 2002-03-04 |
| | Date: | 1852-06-10 | Pilot: | John Wise | 1808-1879 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First discovery of ancient structures by aerial observation. |
| | Chillicothe. Ohio. |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1852-09-13 | Pilot: | Charles Green | 1785-1870 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First pilot to make 500 ascents |
| | First ascent July 19th. 1821. Total number of flights 526-527. (Some sources say over 1400) |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. The Aeronauts. History of Aeronautics in Great Britain. | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1852-09-24 | Pilot: | Henri Giffard | 1825-1882 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First successful airship flight. |
| | Hippodrome. Paris to Elancourt. near Trappes |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Giffard. Coal gas. | Semi-Rigid Airship | Volume | 2500 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 40 km | 25 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 1800 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 78:2 p 11. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Historic Airships | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1858- | Pilot: | Gaspard-Félix Tournachon ("Nadar") | 1820-1910 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First aerial photograph. |
| | Petit-Bicêtre. Paris |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1859- | Pilot: | Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe | 1832-1913 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Atlantic balloon. New York gas supply is inadequate. |
| | Balloon later renamed Great Western |
| |
| | Aerostat: | City of New York. Coal gas. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 20500 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Thaddeus Lowe. The Eagle Aloft. | Updated | 2002-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1859- | Pilot: | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Earliest known photo of an aerostat. |
| | Industry exhibition. Paris. |
| | Photo of dirigible constructed by Camille Vert |
| | Aerostat: | Camille Vert | Airship | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1998-06-07 |
| | Date: | 1859-07-02 | Pilot: | John Wise | 1808-1879 | USA |
| | Copilot: | John La Mountain | Passengers: | Mr Gager. Mr Hyde |
| | First flight over 1 000 km. |
| | St. Louis to Henderson. New York. |
| | Distance 809 mi (1302) or 1292 |
| | Aerostat: | The Atlantic | Gas Balloon | Volume | 3400 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1292 km | 803 miles | Duration: | 20 h | 40 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland P8. GB92 | Updated | 2001-10-22 |
| | Date: | 1859-09-22 | Pilot: | John La Mountain | 1830-1878 | USA |
| | Copilot: | J. A. Haddock | Passengers: |
| | Long distance flight. |
| | Watertown. New York to 150 miles north of Ottawa. |
| | Landed in Canadian wilderness. Returned after one month. |
| | Aerostat: | The Atlantic | Gas Balloon | Volume | 3400 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 410 km | 255 miles | Duration: | 14 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1861-04-20 | Pilot: | Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe | 1832-1913 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 1 000 miles. (False claim) |
| | Cincinnati to Pea Ridge. S Carolina. To prove possibility of Atlantic flight. |
| | False claim. Max 700km straight line. 1000km total. Intermediate landing 600 (800) km |
| | Aerostat: | Enterprise | Gas Balloon | Volume | 567 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1000 km | 621 miles | Duration: | 9 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 3300 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Thaddeus Lowe. The Eagle Aloft | Updated | 2002-03-02 |
| | Date: | 1861-06-18 | Pilot: | Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe | 1832-1913 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Herbert Robinson. telegraph operator | Passengers: |
| | First telegraph message from the air. |
| | To President Lincoln |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Enterprise | Gas Balloon | Volume | 567 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 1 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Thaddeus Lowe. The Eagle Aloft | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1861-07-16 | Pilot: | John Wise | 1808-1879 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First military aircraft. |
| | John Wise builds basket with sheet-iron floor. |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Wise | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1862-09-05 | Pilot: | James Glashier | 1809-1903 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Henry Tracey Coxwell | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 9 000 meters. |
| | From Wolverhampton |
| | Pilots loose consciousness but survive. FB p8: 10 000. H del'A: >8000 |
| | Aerostat: | Mammoth. Coal gas. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2634 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 9144 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland. History of Aeronautics in Great Britain | Updated | 1998-06-04 |
| | Date: | 1863-10-19 | Pilot: | Gaspard-Félix Tournachon ("Nadar") | 1820-1910 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Louis and Jules Godard | Passengers: | Mme Nadar. E d'Arnoult. Saint-Félix. de Montgolfier. Thirion |
| | Stormy flight by "Nadar's" "Le Geant". |
| | Paris to Hannover |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Le Geant | Gas Balloon | Volume | 6000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 398 miles | Duration: | 16 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland. The Aeronauts. Histoire de Ballons. Dollfus | Updated | 1996-10-27 |
| | Date: | 1864-06- | Pilot: | Eugène Godard | 1827-1890 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Ascents of "L'Aigle" 14 000 m3. |
| | In London 1965 |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Godard. L'Aigle | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 14000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Icare 105. History of Aeronautics in Great Britain | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1865-11-08 | Pilot: | Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe | 1832-1913 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Dr John F Boynton and his Fiancée |
| | First balloon honeymoon. |
| | Manhattan to Mt Vernon. NY |
| | Rev H. W. Beecher refused to perform the planned wedding ceremony aloft. |
| | Aerostat: | United States | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 20 km | 12 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Thaddeus Lowe. The Eagle Aloft | Updated | 1998-06-07 |
| | Date: | 1867- | Pilot: | Henri Giffard | 1825-1882 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Ballon Captif at Exposision Universelle in Paris |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Giffard. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 5000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire des Ballons. Histoire de L'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-10-27 |
| | Date: | 1868- | Pilot: | Henri Giffard | 1825-1882 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Ballon Captif in London |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Giffard. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 10500 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire des Ballons. Histoire de L'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-10-27 |
| | Date: | 1869- | Pilot: | Henri Giffard | 1825-1882 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Ballon Captif in London |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Giffard. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 12000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire des Ballons. Histoire de L'Aeronautique | Updated | 1996-10-27 |
| | Date: | 1870-03-26 | Pilot: | Charles Green | 1785-1870 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Charles Green dies. |
| | Has made 526 flights. ( 527 according History of Aeronautics p260) |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloons | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics | Updated | 1996-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1870-09-23 | Pilot: | Claude-Jules Durouf (Dufour) | 1841-1898 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First balloon to leave Paris during the siege |
| | 125 kg mail |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Le Neptune | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1495 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 60 km | 37 miles | Duration: | 3 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1870-11-24 | Pilot: | Paul Rolier | 1844-1918 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Léonard Bézier | Passengers: |
| | First North Sea crossing. |
| | Paris to Lifjell. Norway |
| | One of 66 balloons to leave Paris during the Siege |
| | Aerostat: | La Ville d'Orleans | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1994 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1246 km | 774 miles | Duration: | 14 h | 45 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Icare 56 | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1871-01-28 | Pilot: | Auguste Tristan | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Last balloon to leave Paris during the siege |
| | 66 manned. one unmanned left Paris during the siege |
| | 20 kg mail and many carrier pidgeons |
| | Aerostat: | Le General Cambronne | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1994 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 140 km | 87 miles | Duration: | 7 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Paris Par Moulins. Icare 56 | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1872-12-13 | Pilot: | Paul Hänlein | -1905 | AUT |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First use of internal gas combustion engine for dirigible |
| |
| | Berlin |
| | Aerostat: | Hänlein | Gas Airship | Volume | 2400 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire de l'Aeronautique | Updated | 1998-06-07 |
| | Date: | 1873-10-06 | Pilot: | Washington Harrison Donaldson | 1840-1875 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Alfred Ford. George Ashton Hunt | Passengers: |
| | Atlantic attempt. |
| | Capitoline Grounds. Brooklyn to New Canaan. Connecticut |
| |
| | Aerostat: | New Graphic | Gas Balloon | Volume | 8495.05 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 65 km | 40 miles | Duration: | 4 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Donaldson's Balloon Ascensions. The Eagle Aloft | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1874-10-19 | Pilot: | Washington Harrison Donaldson | 1840-1875 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Rev. Howard B Jeffries | Passengers: | Mary E Walsh and Charles M Colton. Anna Yates. W C Coup |
| | First aerial Wedding. |
| | Cincinnati Hippodrome |
| | 50 000 spectators witnessed the ascent |
| | Aerostat: | P. T. Barnum | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1415.84 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Donaldson's Balloon Ascensions. The Eagle Aloft | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1875-03-25 | Pilot: | Eugène Godard | 1827-1890 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First crossing of the Pyrénée Mountains |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Icare 105 | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1875-04-15 | Pilot: | Gaston Tissandier | 1843-1899 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Théodore Sivel. Joesph Croce-Spinelli | Passengers: |
| | Altitude flight. Sivel and Croce-Spinelli dies. |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Zenith | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 9144 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1877-05-21 | Pilot: | Baba Shimpachi | JPN |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First gas balloon flight in Japan. tethered |
| | At Tsukiji Tokyo. Japan |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Homebuilt gas balloon. hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 382 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Sabu Ichiyoshi 2002-01-26 | Updated | 2002-01-30 |
| | Date: | 1878- | Pilot: | Henri Giffard | 1825-1882 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | Maximum 50 |
| | Ballon Captif at Cour du Carrousel in Paris |
| | Carried 35.000 passengers between 10 july and 4 Nov |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Giffard. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 25000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire des Ballons. Histoire de L'Aeronautique. Le Grand Ballon a Vapeur | Updated | 1996-10-27 |
| | Date: | 1880-June | Pilot: | Henry Coxwell | 1819-1900 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First pilot to make 1000 gas balloon ascents |
| | Henry Coxwell probably made around 1100 flights total |
| | Last flight 17th June 1885 |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloons | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Der Freiballon Aktuell 90:6. History of Aeronautics in Great Britain. Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-07-30 |
| | Date: | 1884-08-09 | Pilot: | Charles Renard | 1847-1905 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Arthur-Konstantin Krebs 1847-1935 | Passengers: |
| | First controlled airship flight. |
| | Chalais-Meudon to Villacoublay and return |
| | Electric engine. Top speed about 20 kmh |
| | Aerostat: | Renard-Krebs La France | Gas Airship | Volume | 1864 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 8 km | 5 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 23 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Who's Who A. Historic Airships | Updated | 1998-06-07 |
| | Date: | 1885- | Pilot: | François-Louis Godard | 1829-1885 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Considered to have made over 1000 gas balloon ascents |
| | Brother of Pierre-Eugène and Jules Godard |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloons | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Der Freiballon Aktuell 90:6 | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1885- | Pilot: | Jules Godard | 1839-1885 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Considered to have made over 1000 gas balloon ascents |
| | Brother of Pierre-Eugène and François-Louis Godard |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloons | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Der Freiballon Aktuell 90:6 | Updated | 1998-12-16 |
| | Date: | 1886-09-13 | Pilot: | Henry Hervé | -1922 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Gaston Alluard | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 24 hours. |
| | Boulogne to Yarmouth |
| | From Boulogne-Sur-Mer to Great Yarmouth |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 210 km | 130 miles | Duration: | 24 h | 10 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland. Dollfus | Updated | 1998-12-16 |
| | Date: | 1889-11-17 | Pilot: | Louis Godard | 1858-1933 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | 19 passengers |
| | Twenty persons in a free balloon |
| | Free flight after tether at Place Trocadero. Paris |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Coal gas | Gas Balloon | Volume | 3000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 25 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | FFA | Updated | 1998-12-16 |
| | Date: | 1890- | Pilot: | Pierre-Eugène Godard | 1827-1890 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Considered to have made over 1000 gas balloon ascents |
| | Brother of François-Louis and Jules Godard |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloons | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Der Freiballon Aktuell 90:6 | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1897-07-11 | Pilot: | Salomon August Andrée | 1854-1897 | SWE |
| | Copilot: | Nils Strindberg. Knut Fraenkel | Passengers: |
| | First manned arctic flight. first aerial exploration. |
| | From Danskön. Svalbard to 82.55.7N 29.32E. |
| | Remains of expedition was found 1930. All had perished 1897 |
| | Aerostat: | Lachambre. Örnen. hydrogen. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 4800 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 475 km | 295 miles | Duration: | 65 h | 35 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ingen fruktan. inget hopp. The flight of the Eagle | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1897-10 | Pilot: | Louis Godard | 1858-1933 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Flight over 24 hours |
| | From Leipzig to Tarnau in Silesia |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 3250 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 325 km | 202 miles | Duration: | 24 h | 15 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | FFA | Updated | 1998-12-16 |
| | Date: | 1897-11-03 | Pilot: | Ernst Jaegels | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First flight of a rigid (metal outer cover) airship. |
| | Unsuccessful flight. transmission failure |
| |
| | Aerostat: | David Schwartz No 2 | Rigid Airship (Metalclad) | Volume | 3700 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 250 | meters |
| | Source: | Rigid Airships 1893-1940 | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1898-10-03 | Pilot: | Eduard Spelterini (Schweizer) | SUI |
| | Copilot: | Albert Heim. Julius Maurer. Dr. Biedermann | Passengers: |
| | First flight over the Swiss Alps |
| | Sion. Switzerland to Rivière-le-Bois (56 km NE Dijon). France |
| | Crossing Les Diablerets peaks. Switzerland |
| | Aerostat: | Wega | Gas Balloon | Volume | 3247.94 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 220 km | 137 miles | Duration: | 5 h | 45 | min | Altitude: | 6888.48 | meters |
| | Source: | UH95. BF 20:6 | Updated | 2000-02-08 |
| | Date: | 1900-07-02 | Pilot: | Ferdinand Adolf August von Zeppelin. Count | 1838-1917 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Von Bassus. E Wolff. Eisele. Gross | Passengers: |
| | First successful flight of a rigid airship |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 1. Hydrogen. | Rigid Airship | Volume | 11300 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 18 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Giants in the Sky. Zeppelin Rigid Airships 1893-1940. | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1900-09-20 | Pilot: | Henry de La Vaulx. Count | 1870-1930 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First flight from France to Russia. |
| | Long distance |
| | Count de la Vaulx was founder of FAI |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1237 km | 769 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1998-12-16 |
| | Date: | 1900-09-23 | Pilot: | Jacques Balsan | 1870?-1930 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Louis Godard | Passengers: |
| | Altitude flight |
| | 7925m (26 000ft) in B 1782-1982 |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Le Saint Louis | Gas Balloon | Volume | 3000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 8558 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Who's Who B. FFA | Updated | 1998-12-16 |
| | Date: | 1900-10-09 | Pilot: | Henry de La Vaulx. Count | 1870-1930 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Count de Castillon de Saint-Victor | Passengers: |
| | Long distance flight. |
| | France to Kiev |
| | Founder of FAI |
| | Aerostat: | Centaure | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1925 km | 1196 miles | Duration: | 35 h | 45 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1998-12-16 |
| | Date: | 1901-07-31 | Pilot: | Arthur Joseph Berson | 1870?-1930 | GER |
| | Copilot: | R. J. Süring | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 10 000 meters. |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Preussen. hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 8400 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 10800 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Freiballonsport in Deutschland. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1901-10-19 | Pilot: | Alberto Santos-Dumont | 1873-1932 | BRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Winner of the Deutsch Prize. |
| | First flight from the Aeroclub round the Eiffel tower and back. |
| | Prize set up by Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe |
| | Aerostat: | Santos-Dumont No 6. Hydrogen. | Gas Airship | Volume | 622 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 30 | min | Altitude: | 350 | meters |
| | Source: | My Airships (Os Meus Baloes). A study in Obsession | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1902-09-22 | Pilot: | Stanley Spencer | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First successful airship in Britain |
| | Crystal Palace. London to Eastcote |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Spencer. Evening News. 3 hp Sims | Gas Airship | Volume | 566 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 1 h | 40 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Battlebags | Updated | 1998-09-01 |
| | Date: | 1906-10-01 | Pilot: | Frank P. Lahm | 1877- | USA |
| | Copilot: | Henry B. Hersey | Passengers: |
| | 1st Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett. 1st place |
| | Paris (Jardin des Tuileries). France. to Fylingdales. Yorkshire. UK |
| | Long distance race. the oldest aviation race still flown. 15 balloons. 1 airship |
| | Aerostat: | United States | 15 balloons and 1 airship | Volume | 2080 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 647.1 km | 402 miles | Duration: | 22 h | 15 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-20 |
| | Date: | 1906-11-11 | Pilot: | Mr. Usuelli | ITA |
| | Copilot: | Crespi | Passengers: |
| | First crossing of the Alps from Italy to France |
| | First flight over Mont Blanc |
| | Milan. Italy to Aix-les-Bains. France |
| | Aerostat: | Citta di Milano. Coal gas | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2000.02 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 257 km | 160 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 5200 | meters |
| | Source: | BF 20:6 | Updated | 2000-02-08 |
| | Date: | 1907-09-02 | Pilot: | Walter Wellman | 1858-1934 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Vaniman. Felix Reisenberg | Passengers: |
| | First Airship Polar Expedition |
| | Volume doubtful. Dimensions given indicate about 3000m3 |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Godard America | Gas Airship | Volume | 7800 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 56 km | 35 miles | Duration: | 2 h | 35 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | The Motor Balloon America | Updated | 1996-10-27 |
| | Date: | 1907-10-13 | Pilot: | Augustus E. Gaudron | 1860?-1920 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | J L Tannar. C C Turner | Passengers: |
| | First West-East North Sea crossing. |
| | London to Tösse. Sweden |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Mammouth. Coal gas | Gas Balloon | Volume | 3058.22 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1130 km | 702 miles | Duration: | 19 h | 5 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | History of Aeronautics in GB. The Old Flying Days. Who's Who B | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1907-10-23 | Pilot: | Oscar Erbslöh | 1879-1910 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Henry Helm Clayton (USA) | Passengers: |
| | 2nd Gordon Bennett race 1907. 1st place |
| | St. Louis (Forest Park). Missuori. to Bradley Beach. New Jersey. USA |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Pommern | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1403.55 km | 872 miles | Duration: | 40 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-20 |
| | Date: | 1908-06-30 | Pilot: | Victor de Beauclair | OK |
| | Copilot: | Konrad Falke | Passengers: | Gebhard A. Guyer & his fiancée |
| | Alpine crossing |
| | From Eiger Glacier station (2523 m - 8277 ft) to Gignese. Italy |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Cognac | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2310.65 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 89 km | 55 miles | Duration: | 21 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 2523 | meters |
| | Source: | BF 20:6 | Updated | 2000-02-08 |
| | Date: | 1908-10-14 | Pilot: | Theodor Schaeck | 1856-1911 | SUI |
| | Copilot: | Emil Messner | Passengers: |
| | 3rd Gordon Bennett race 1908. 1st place. North Sea crossing |
| | Berlin (Schmargendorf). Germany to S/S CIMRA. 12 km west Bergset. Norway |
| | Longer distances and durations quoted sometimes. Landing was disputed |
| | Aerostat: | Helvetia. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1190 km | 739 miles | Duration: | 73 h | 1 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list. Record file | Updated | 2001-10-20 |
| | Date: | 1909-xx-xx | Pilot: | Mark O. Anthony | OK |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Radio-controlled airship model demonstration |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Airship model | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | The father of British Airships | Updated | 1998-09-01 |
| | Date: | 1909-05-31 | Pilot: | Ferdinand Adolf August von Zeppelin. Count | 1838-1917 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Long distance flight. |
| | Bodensee - Bitterfeld - Göppingen |
| | Landing and refuelling in Bitterfeld |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 5. Hydrogen | Rigid Airship | Volume | 15000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 742 miles | Duration: | 38 h | 40 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Zeppelin: Rigid Airships. Das Grosse Luftschiffbuch. The Zeppelin Story | Updated | 2000-11-10 |
| | Date: | 1909-10-05 | Pilot: | Edgar W. Mix | 1867-1911 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Andre Roussel | Passengers: |
| | 4th Gordon Bennett race 1909. 1st place |
| | Zurich (Schlieren). Switzerland to Ostroleka (NO Warszawa) Poland |
| |
| | Aerostat: | America II | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1121.11 km | 697 miles | Duration: | 35 h | 7 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-20 |
| | Date: | 1910-05-16 | Pilot: | Gustaf von Hofsten | SWE |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Unofficial World Duration record. |
| | Stockholm-Riga-Gotland |
| | Failure of NAC to supply correct documentation |
| | Aerostat: | Riedinger. Andrée. Coal gas. | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1500 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 33 h | 20 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Swedish Aeronautic Society | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1910-06-28 | Pilot: | Capt. Kahlenberg | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: | 23 journalists |
| | First Zeppelin passenger flight. |
| | DELAG operated between June 1910 and July 1914 |
| | Carried 34 000 passengers on 1 588 flights during 3 175 hours over 172 525 km without injury. |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 7. Deutschland. Hydrogen. | Rigid Airship | Volume | 19300 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Giants in the Sky. Zeppelin: Rigid Airships | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1910-08-22 | Pilot: | Raymond Phillips | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Radio-controlled airship model demonstration. |
| | Empire theatre. Cardiff |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Raymond Phillips | Airship model | Volume | 8 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | The father of British Airships | Updated | 1998-09-01 |
| | Date: | 1910-10-15 | Pilot: | Walter Wellman | 1858-1934 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First North Atlantic attempt by airship. |
| | First radio distress call from aircraft |
| | Unofficial distance record |
| | Aerostat: | Vaniman America enlarged | Semi-Rigid Airship | Volume | 9800 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1622 km | 1008 miles | Duration: | 86 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Who's who in aviation history. The motor balloon "America" | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1910-10-16 | Pilot: | Alphonse Clement | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Baudry. Leprince. Sabitier. Dilasser. Daire | Passengers: | Arthur du Cros (Daily Mail) |
| | First Airship flight France to Britain |
| | Paris to Wormwood Scrubs. London |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Clement-Bayard II. Daily Mail | Gas Airship | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 396 km | 246 miles | Duration: | 6 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Battlebags | Updated | 1998-09-01 |
| | Date: | 1910-10-19 | Pilot: | Alan R. Hawley | USA |
| | Copilot: | Augustus Post | Passengers: |
| | 5th Gordon Bennett race 1910. 1st place |
| | St. Louis (Forest P). Missuori to Peribonca. Tschotogama Lake. Quebec. Canada |
| | Spent 4 days on foot to reach a canadian timberman |
| | Aerostat: | America II | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1887.6 km | 1173 miles | Duration: | 44 h | 25 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-20 |
| | Date: | 1910-10-19 | Pilot: | Hans Gericke | 1871-1912 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Sanil F. Perkins (USA) | Passengers: |
| | 5th Gordon Bennett race 1910. 2nd place |
| | St. Louis Forest Park). Missuori to Kiskisink. Quebec. Canada |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Düsseldorf | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1814.5 km | 1127 miles | Duration: | 42 h | 30 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-20 |
| | Date: | 1910-10-19 | Pilot: | Hugo von Abercron | GER |
| | Copilot: | August Blanckertz | Passengers: |
| | 5th Gordon Bennett race 1910. 3rd place |
| | St. Louis (Forest Park). USA to Coocoocahe. Quebec. Canada |
| | Spent 10 days on foot to reach civilization |
| | Aerostat: | Germania | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1720 km | 1069 miles | Duration: | 39 h | 7 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-20 |
| | Date: | 1910-11-04 | Pilot: | Ernest Thompson Willows | 1886-1926 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Frank Widdenham Goodden. 1889-1917 | Passengers: |
| | First flight Britain to France. |
| | Wormwood Scrubs. London 1525 to Corbehem. Douai 0200 next day |
| | First Channel crossing by any British aircraft |
| | Aerostat: | Willows III. 35 hp JAP | Gas Airship with boom | Volume | 906 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 250 km | 155 miles | Duration: | 10 h | 30 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | The father of British Airships. Battlebags | Updated | 1998-08-31 |
| | Date: | 1911-10-29 | Pilot: | Albert Omer-Decugis | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Charles Dollfus first balloon flight. |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Salammbo | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Icare 105 | Updated | 2001-10-14 |
| | Date: | 1911-10-06 | Pilot: | Hans Gericke | 1871-1912 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Otto Duncker | Passengers: |
| | 6th Gordon Bennett race 1911. 1st place |
| | Kansas City (Gasworks). USA to Holcombe. Wisconsin |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Berlin II. Light coal gas | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 757.84 km | 471 miles | Duration: | 12 h | 28 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-20 |
| | Date: | 1912-09-19 | Pilot: | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First flight with a gas airship over Sweden |
| | Malmö |
| | Overflight enroute from Copenhagen. Denmark |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ13. Hansa | Rigid Airship | Volume | 18700 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | SBF | Updated | 2002-01-30 |
| | Date: | 1912-10-29 | Pilot: | Alfred Leblanc | 1869-1921 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | 7th Gordon Bennett. 2nd place. First over 2000 km |
| | Stuttgart (Cannstatter Wasen). Germany to Kaluga 150km S Moscow. Russia |
| | Same day as Bienaimé flew slightly longer. Therefore no record |
| | Aerostat: | Ile de France. coal gas | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 2001 km | 1243 miles | Duration: | 44 h | 48 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Gordon Bennett | Updated | 2003-06-17 |
| | Date: | 1912-10-29 | Pilot: | Maurice Bienaimé | FRA |
| | Copilot: | René Rumpelmayer | Passengers: |
| | 7th Gordon Bennett. 1st place. First over 2000 km |
| | Stuttgart (Cannstatter Wasen). Germany to Rybnoje. Ryazan. 150km SE Moscow. Russia |
| |
| | Aerostat: | La Picardie. coal gas | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 2191 km | 1361 miles | Duration: | 45 h | 42 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Die Gordon Bennett. Der Freiballonsport in Deutschland | Updated | 2000-02-15 |
| | Date: | 1912-10-29 | Pilot: | Harry E. Honeywell | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | 7th Gordon Bennett race 1912. 3rd place |
| | Stuttgart (Cannstatter Wasen). Germany to Disna Sapadnaja. Russia |
| | Spent a few days in Russian jail |
| | Aerostat: | Uncle Sam | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1751 km | 1088 miles | Duration: | 37 h | 6 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-20 |
| | Date: | 1912-10-29 | Pilot: | Victor de Beauclair | SUI |
| | Copilot: | Walo Gerber | Passengers: |
| | 7th Gordon Bennett race 1912. 4th place |
| | Stuttgart (Cannstatter Wasen). Germany to Sapronzipi. Russia |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Zürich | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1523 km | 946 miles | Duration: | 35 h | 42 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-20 |
| | Date: | 1912-10-29 | Pilot: | F. W. Lehnert | AUT |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | 7th Gordon Bennett race 1912. 5th place |
| | Stuttgart (Cannstatter Wasen). Germany to Rosenowskye. Russia |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Frankfurt | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1509 km | 938 miles | Duration: | 35 h | 30 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-20 |
| | Date: | 1913-03-21 | Pilot: | René Rumpelmayer | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Mrs Gustave Goldschmidt | Passengers: |
| | Distance record. |
| | Paris to Charkow. Russia |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Stella | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 2434 km | 1512 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1913-03-xx | Pilot: | Ferdinand Eimermacher | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | High speed flight. Average speed 148 km/h |
| | Münster to East Preussia. Germany |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 968 km | 601 miles | Duration: | 6 h | 30 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | UH 1995 | Updated | 2001-10-21 |
| | Date: | 1913-09-xx | Pilot: | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | British speed record |
| | 82 km/h |
| |
| | Aerostat: | HMA No 3. Astra-Torres XIV | Gas Airship | Volume | 7929 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Battlebags | Updated | 1998-09-01 |
| | Date: | 1913-10-12 | Pilot: | Rene Rumpelmayer | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Mme (Gustave) Goldschmidt | Passengers: |
| | First woman in Gordon Bennett |
| | 8th Gordon Bennett race 1913. 6th place |
| | Paris (Jardin des Tuileries). France to |
| | Aerostat: | Picardie | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 437 km | 272 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-20 |
| | Date: | 1913-10-14 | Pilot: | Ralph M. Upson | USA |
| | Copilot: | R.A.I. Preston | Passengers: |
| | 8th Gordon Bennett race 1913. 1st place |
| | Paris (Jardin des Tuileries). France to Bridlington. Yorkshire. UK |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Goodyear | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 618 km | 384 miles | Duration: | 43 h | 30 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-20 |
| | Date: | 1913-12-17 | Pilot: | Hugo Kaulen | 1869-1954 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Alfred Schmitz | Passengers: | Bruno Kreft-Gevelsberg |
| | Distance and Duration record. |
| | Bitterfeld 13/12 to Myssi/Perm 17/12. Russia. |
| | Duration record stands until 1978 |
| | Aerostat: | Duisburg. hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1680 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 2827 km | 1757 miles | Duration: | 87 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Die Gordon Bennett. Der Freiballonsport in Deutschland. FAI73 | Updated | 1999-02-24 |
| | Date: | 1914-02-10 | Pilot: | Hans Rudolf Berliner | 1876-1951 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Alexander Haase | Passengers: | A. Nicolai |
| | First flight over 3000 km. |
| | Bitterfeld to Kirgischan. Ural |
| | Record stands until 1978 |
| | Aerostat: | Siemens-Schuckert. hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1680 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 3053 km | 1897 miles | Duration: | 47 h | 20 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Die Gordon Bennett. Der Freiballonsport in Deutschland. FAI73 | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1914-06-28 | Pilot: | Etienne Joseph Francois Joux | 1886-1970 | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | World Endurance Record. closed circuit |
| | Toul-Verdun-Sedan-Maubeuge-Compiègne-Paris-Lagny-Chalons-Toul |
| | Start 27 June 06:16. Landing 28 June 17:35 |
| | Aerostat: | Clement Bayard Adjudant Vincenot | Semi-Rigid Airship | Volume | 10000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1234.69 km | 767 miles | Duration: | 35 h | 19 | min | Altitude: | 1860 | meters |
| | Source: | Airship Saga. Airship. Boyant Flight 18:3 | Updated | 2000-11-10 |
| | Date: | 1915-06-15 | Pilot: | Eberhard Lempertz. Dr | 1882- | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First Zeppelin to complete 1 000 flights. |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 11. Victoria Luise. Hydrogen. | Rigid Airship | Volume | 18700 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | LZ 1 - Der erste Zeppelin. Das grosse Luftschiffbuch | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1916-06-24 | Pilot: | Eduardo Bradley | ARG |
| | Copilot: | Angel Maria Zuloaga | Passengers: |
| | First flight across the Andes |
| | Santiago de Chile to Uspallata. Mendoza. Argentina |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Edoardo Newbery hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 160 km | 100 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Aerostat 99:6 | Updated | 2004-03-28 |
| | Date: | 1917-06-28 | Pilot: | GBR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | British airship duration record. |
| | Flight from Pulham |
| |
| | Aerostat: | NS.1. Hydrogen | Gas Airship | Volume | 10195 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 2471.95 km | 1536 miles | Duration: | 49 h | 22 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | The British Airship at war. Battlebags | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1917-07-31 | Pilot: | Ernst Lehmann | 1886-1937 | GER |
| | Copilot: | German Army | Passengers: |
| | Around the Baltic in 101 hours without refuelling |
| | Start at Seerappen. Germany. July 26th. landing at Seerappen July 30th |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 90 (Army LZ120). Hydrogen | Rigid Airship | Volume | 55207 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Giants in he Sky. The Zeppelin in Combat | Updated | 2003-12-18 |
| | Date: | 1917-11-25 | Pilot: | Ludwig Bockholt | GER |
| | Copilot: | German Navy | Passengers: |
| | First Zeppelin flight south of the Tropic of Cancer. |
| | Jamboli (Bulgaria) November 21st - Karthoum (East Africa) - Jamboli November 25th. |
| | Distance is the total ground distance covered |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 104 (Navy L59). Hydrogen | Rigid Airship | Volume | 68490 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 6760 km | 4200 miles | Duration: | 95 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Giants in he Sky. The Zeppelin in Combat | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1919-07-06 | Pilot: | George Herbert Scott. Major | 1888-1930 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | 29. one (Mj Pritchard) arriving USA by parachute | Passengers: | Stowaway: William Ballantyne |
| | First Atlantic crossing by airship (1st east-west by any aircraft). |
| | East Fortune (UK) July 2nd - Mineola. Long Island. NY. July 6th. |
| | Distance is the total ground distance covered |
| | Aerostat: | Beardmore HMA R34. Hydrogen | Rigid Airship | Volume | 55217.9 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 5797 km | 3602 miles | Duration: | 108 h | 12 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Airship R34 | Updated | 2002-03-12 |
| | Date: | 1919-07-13 | Pilot: | George Herbert Scott. Major | 1888-1930 | GBR |
| | Copilot: | 29 | Passengers: |
| | First West-East North Atlantic crossing by airship. |
| | Mineola. Long Island. NY. July 9th to Pulham (UK) July 13th. |
| | Distance is the total ground distance covered |
| | Aerostat: | Beardmore HMA R34. Hydrogen | Rigid Airship | Volume | 55217.9 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 6138 km | 3814 miles | Duration: | 73 h | 3 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Airship R34 | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1920-10-25 | Pilot: | Ernest Demuyter | 1893-1963 | BEL |
| | Copilot: | M. Labrousse | Passengers: |
| | 9th Gordon Bennett race 1920. 1st place |
| | Birmingham. Alabama. USA to North Hero Island. Lake Champlain. Vermont. USA |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Zodiac Belgica | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1769 km | 1099 miles | Duration: | 40 h | 15 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-20 |
| | Date: | 1920-10-25 | Pilot: | Harry E. Honeywell | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | 9th Gordon Bennett race 1920. 2nd place |
| | Birmingham. Alabama. USA to Rutland. Vermont. USA |
| | US duration record |
| | Aerostat: | Uncle Sam | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1600 km | 994 miles | Duration: | 48 h | 26 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-20 |
| | Date: | 1921-09-19 | Pilot: | Paul Armbruster | SUI |
| | Copilot: | Louis Ansermier | Passengers: |
| | 10th Gordon Bennett race 1921. 1st place |
| | Brussels (Solbosch). Belgium to Lambay Island outside Dublin. Ireland |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Zürich | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 766 km | 476 miles | Duration: | 27 h | 24 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-21 |
| | Date: | 1921-12-01 | Pilot: | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First airship to fly filled with helium |
| | Hampton. Va to Washington D.C. and back |
| |
| | Aerostat: | US Navy C-7 | Non-rigid Airship | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | BF18:4. BF19:2 | Updated | 1999-08-15 |
| | Date: | 1922-08-07 | Pilot: | Ernest Demuyter | 1893-1963 | BEL |
| | Copilot: | Alexander Veenstra | Passengers: |
| | 11th Gordon Bennett race 1922. 1st place |
| | Geneva (Gasworks). Switzerland to Osnitca. Romania |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Bemden/Schaut Belgica | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1372.1 km | 853 miles | Duration: | 25 h | 49 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-30 |
| | Date: | 1923-09-24 | Pilot: | Ernest Demuyter | 1893-1963 | BEL |
| | Copilot: | Leon Coeckelbergh | Passengers: |
| | 12th Gordon Bennett race 1923. 1st place |
| | Brussels (Solbosch). Belgium to Sköllersta. Sweden |
| | 3 balloons hit by lightning. Olmstead/Choptaw. USA. v Grüningen/Wehren. CH and Penerand. SP. died |
| | Aerostat: | Bemden/Schaut Belgica | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1155 km | 718 miles | Duration: | 21 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-21 |
| | Date: | 1923-09-30 | Pilot: | Jean du Plessis de Grenedan | FRA |
| | Copilot: | French Navy | Passengers: |
| | Unofficial Wold duration Record. |
| | Cuers. Toulon - Touggourt - Cuers - Paris |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 114 Dixmude. Hydrogen. Ex German Navy L72 | Rigid Airship | Volume | 68490 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 118 h | 41 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Giants in the Sky | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1924-06-17 | Pilot: | Ernest Demuyter | 1893-1963 | BEL |
| | Copilot: | Leon Coeckelbergh | Passengers: |
| | 13th Gordon Bennett race 1924. 1st place |
| | Brussels (Solbosch). Belgium to St. Abbs Head. Scotland |
| | First trophy won by Belgium |
| | Aerostat: | Bemden/Schaut Belgica | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 714 km | 444 miles | Duration: | 43 h | 16 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-21 |
| | Date: | 1925-06-09 | Pilot: | Alexander Veenstra | BEL |
| | Copilot: | Philippe Quersin | Passengers: |
| | 14th Gordon Bennett race 1925. 1st place |
| | Brussels (Solbosch). Belgium to Cap Torinana. Spain |
| | First nation to win Gordon Bennett 5 times |
| | Aerostat: | Prince Leopold | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1345 km | 836 miles | Duration: | 47 h | 30 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-21 |
| | Date: | 1926-01-01 | Pilot: | Jean Callizo | FRA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Claimed to be first flight over 12 000 m. |
| | False claim. Flew low in an aircraft and drew the barogram himself. |
| | FAI record approved but later withdrawn. (Mot Svarta Himlar 1946) |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 12442 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972. Mot Svarta Himlar 1946 | Updated | 2004-03-20 |
| | Date: | 1926-05-31 | Pilot: | Ward Tunte van Orman | 1894-1978 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Walter W. Morton | Passengers: |
| | 15th Gordon Bennett race 1926. 1st place |
| | Antwerp (Wilrijk). Belgium to Sölvesborg. Sweden |
| | Second nation to win Gordon Bennett 5 times |
| | Aerostat: | Goodyear III | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 861 km | 535 miles | Duration: | 16 h | 37 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-21 |
| | Date: | 1926-05-14 | Pilot: | Umberto Nobile | 1885-1978 | ITA |
| | Copilot: | Amundsen. Ellsworth. 6 Italians. 5 Norwegians. 1 Swedish | Passengers: | Fredrik Ramm. Journalis |
| | First flight over the North Pole. |
| | Kings Bay. Svalbard 11/5 to Teller. Alaska 14/5 |
| | Distance is the total ground distance covered |
| | Aerostat: | Nobile N-1. Norge. Hydrogen | Semi-Rigid Airship | Volume | 18500 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 5177 km | 3217 miles | Duration: | 70 h | 35 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | My Polar Flights. Over Polhavet. The Italian Airships | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1927-03-09 | Pilot: | Hawthorne Gray | 1889-1927 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Altitude record attempt. |
| | New US record |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Army S-40-241 | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1982.18 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 65 km | 40 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 8690 | meters |
| | Source: | The Eagle Aloft. Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Freiballonsport in Deutschland. National Geographic March 1933 | Updated | 1996-12-11 |
| | Date: | 1927-05-04 | Pilot: | Hawthorne Gray | 1889-1927 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Altitude flight. |
| | Pilot left by parachute. Record denied |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Army S-40-241 | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1982.18 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 177 km | 110 miles | Duration: | 1 h | 20 | min | Altitude: | 12875 | meters |
| | Source: | The Eagle Aloft. Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Freiballonsport in Deutschland | Updated | 1996-12-11 |
| | Date: | 1927-09-12 | Pilot: | Edward J. Hill | USA |
| | Copilot: | Arthur G. Schlosser | Passengers: |
| | 16th Gordon Bennett race 1927. 1st place |
| | Detroit (Henry Ford Airport). USA to Baxley. Georgia |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Detroit | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1198 km | 744 miles | Duration: | 48 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-21 |
| | Date: | 1927-09-12 | Pilot: | Hugo Kaulen | 1869-1954 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Alexander Dahl | Passengers: |
| | 16th Gordon Bennett race 1927. 2nd place |
| | Detroit (Henry Ford Airport). USA to |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Barmen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1106 km | 687 miles | Duration: | 48 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-21 |
| | Date: | 1927-09-12 | Pilot: | Ward Tunte van Orman | 1894-1978 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Walter W. Morton | Passengers: |
| | 16th Gordon Bennett race 1927. 3rd place |
| | Detroit (Henry Ford Airport). USA to Georgia |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Goodyear VI | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1102 km | 685 miles | Duration: | 51 h | 31 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-21 |
| | Date: | 1927-11-04 | Pilot: | Hawthorne Gray | 1889-1927 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Altitude flight. |
| | Pilot died from hypoxia during descent |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Army S-40-241 | Gas Balloon | Volume | 1982.18 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 2 h | 56 | min | Altitude: | 12945 | meters |
| | Source: | The Eagle Aloft. Ballooning 1782-1972. Histoire de l'Aeronautique. Freiballonsport in Deutschland | Updated | 1996-12-11 |
| | Date: | 1928-07-02 | Pilot: | William Elsworth Kepner | 1893-1982 | USA |
| | Copilot: | William O. Eareckson | Passengers: |
| | 17th Gordon Bennett race 1928. 1st place |
| | Detroit (Henry Ford Airport). USA to Kenbridge. Virginia |
| | Second trophy won by USA |
| | Aerostat: | U.S.Army | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 740.8 km | 460 miles | Duration: | 48 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-22 |
| | Date: | 1928-10-16 | Pilot: | Hugo Eckener | 1868-1954 | GER |
| | Copilot: | 40 | Passengers: | 4 officials. 6 journalists. 10 paying passengers |
| | First commercial transatlantic flight. |
| | Friedrichshafen. Germany. October 11th - Lakehurst. N Jersey. USA. October 16th. |
| | Distance is the total ground distance covered |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 127. Graf Zeppelin. Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel). | Rigid Airship | Volume | 105000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 6166 miles | Duration: | 111 h | 44 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Giants in the Sky. Graf Zeppelin & Hindenburg. The first trans-oceanic voyage of a Commercial Air-Liner | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1929-03-25 | Pilot: | Hugo Eckener | 1868-1954 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Lowest altitude reached by a Zeppelin. |
| | Dead Sea. Palestine |
| | The volume consists of: 75 000 m3 for hydrogen. 30 000 m3 for blaugas (fuel). |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 127. Graf Zeppelin. Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel). | Rigid Airship | Volume | 105000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | -300 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Giants in the Sky | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1929-05-06 | Pilot: | Thomas G. W. "Tex" Settle | 1895-1979 | USA |
| | Copilot: | W. Bushnell | Passengers: |
| | World Record |
| | World Record |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1532.1 km | 952 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | UH95 | Updated | 1999-04-20 |
| | Date: | 1929-08-05 | Pilot: | Hugo Eckener | 1868-1954 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Positioning for Around-the World Flight. |
| | Friedrichshafen. Germany. August 1st - Lakehurst. USA. August 5th |
| | The sponsor required the global flight to start in USA. Distance is the total ground distance covered. |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 127. Graf Zeppelin. Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel). | Rigid Airship | Volume | 105000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 95 h | 22 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Giants in the Sky. National Geographic. June 1930 | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1929-08-10 | Pilot: | Hugo Eckener | 1868-1954 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Around-the-world Flight. leg 1. |
| | Lakehurst. USA. August 7th. - Friedrichshafen. Germany. August 10th |
| | Distance is the total ground distance covered |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 127. Graf Zeppelin. Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel). | Rigid Airship | Volume | 105000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 4392 miles | Duration: | 55 h | 22 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Zeppelinmuseum. Giants in the Sky. National Geographic. June 1930 | Updated | 1998-05-18 |
| | Date: | 1929-08-19 | Pilot: | Hugo Eckener | 1868-1954 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Around-the-world Flight. leg 2. First flight Germany to Japan |
| | Friedrichshafen. Germany. August 15th - Tokyo. Japan. August 19th |
| | Distance is the total ground distance covered |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 127. Graf Zeppelin. Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel). | Rigid Airship | Volume | 105000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 6989 miles | Duration: | 101 h | 49 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Zeppelinmuseum. Giants in the Sky. National Geographic. June 1930 | Updated | 2002-03-12 |
| | Date: | 1929-08-26 | Pilot: | Hugo Eckener | 1868-1954 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Around-the-world Flight. leg 3. First Pacific Ocean crossing |
| | Tokyo. Japan. August 23rd. - Los Angeles. USA. August 26th |
| | Distance is the total ground distance covered |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 127. Graf Zeppelin. Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel). | Rigid Airship | Volume | 105000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 5998 miles | Duration: | 79 h | 3 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Zeppelinmuseum. Giants in the Sky. National Geographic. June 1930 | Updated | 1998-05-18 |
| | Date: | 1929-08-29 | Pilot: | Hugo Eckener | 1868-1954 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Around-the-world Flight. leg 4. First flight across USA |
| | Los Angeles. USA. August 27th. - Lakehurst. USA. August 29th |
| | Distance is the total ground distance covered |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 127. Graf Zeppelin. Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel). | Rigid Airship | Volume | 105000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 2996 miles | Duration: | 51 h | 57 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Zeppelinmuseum. Giants in the Sky. National Geographic. June 1930 | Updated | 1998-05-18 |
| | Date: | 1929-08-29 | Pilot: | Hugo Eckener | 1868-1954 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Around-the-world Flight. Lakehurst to Lakehurst |
| | Lakehurst. USA. August 7th - Lakehurst. USA. August 29th |
| | Distance is the total ground distance covered in 4 flights. Duration is total airborne time in 4 flights |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 127. Graf Zeppelin. Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel). | Rigid Airship | Volume | 105000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 20375 miles | Duration: | 288 h | 11 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Zeppelinmuseum. Giants in the Sky. National Geographic. June 1930 | Updated | 1998-05-18 |
| | Date: | 1929-09-04 | Pilot: | Hugo Eckener | 1868-1954 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Around-the-world Flight. leg 5. |
| | Lakehurst. USA. September 1st to Friedrichshafen. Germany. September 4th |
| | Distance is the total ground distance covered |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 127. Graf Zeppelin. Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel). | Rigid Airship | Volume | 105000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 5217 miles | Duration: | 67 h | 9 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Giants in the Sky. National Geographic. June 1930 | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1929-09-04 | Pilot: | Hugo Eckener | 1868-1954 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Around-the-world Flight. Friedrichshafen to Friedrichshafen |
| | Friedrichshafen. Germany. August 15th to Friedrichshafen. September 4th |
| | Distance is the total ground distance covered in 4 flights. Duration is total airborne time in 4 flights |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 127. Graf Zeppelin. Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel). | Rigid Airship | Volume | 105000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 21200 miles | Duration: | 299 h | 58 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Zeppelinmuseum. Giants in the Sky. National Geographic. June 1930 | Updated | 1998-05-18 |
| | Date: | 1929-09-29 | Pilot: | Ward Tunte van Orman | 1894-1978 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Alan.L. McCracken | Passengers: |
| | 18th Gordon Bennett race 1929. 1st place |
| | St. Louis (Manion Park). USA to Troy. Ohio |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Goodyear VIII | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 548.94 km | 341 miles | Duration: | 24 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-22 |
| | Date: | 1930-09-02 | Pilot: | Ward Tunte van Orman | 1894-1978 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Alan.L. McCracken | Passengers: |
| | 19th Gordon Bennett race 1930. 1st place |
| | Cleveland. Ohio. USA to Norfolk. Massachusets |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Goodyear VIII | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 872 km | 542 miles | Duration: | 27 h | 56 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-22 |
| | Date: | 1931-05-27 | Pilot: | Auguste Piccard | 1884-1962 | SUI |
| | Copilot: | Paul Kipfer | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 15 000 meters. |
| | World Record |
| |
| | Aerostat: | OO-BFH. F.N.R.S. I. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 14000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 18 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 15781 | meters |
| | Source: | NG March 1933. IB&B. FAI file 1932 | Updated | 2002-03-04 |
| | Date: | 1931-08-05 | Pilot: | Käte Paulus | 1868-1935 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Made her last balloon flight. 63 years old. |
| | Made 510 balloon flights 1868-1935 |
| | Made 150 parachute jumps from balloon |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | UH95 | Updated | 1999-04-20 |
| | Date: | 1932-08-18 | Pilot: | Auguste Piccard | 1884-1962 | SUI |
| | Copilot: | Max Cosyns. BEL. 1906- | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 16 000 meters. |
| | Rapperswil 05:07-Wallenstadt-Sargans-Coire-Bernina-Lake Garda |
| | Landing at Volta-Mantua at Lake Garda. Italy at 17:00-17:07 |
| | Aerostat: | OO-BFH. F.N.R.S. I. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 14000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 12 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 16201 | meters |
| | Source: | NG March 1933. IB&B. FAI file | Updated | 2002-03-04 |
| | Date: | 1932-09-25 | Pilot: | Thomas G. W. "Tex" Settle | 1895-1979 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Winfield Bushnell | Passengers: |
| | 20th Gordon Bennett race 1932. 1st place |
| | Basel (Kleinhüningen). Switzerland to Daugieliszki. Vilna. Poland |
| | World distance record. Third GB trophy won by USA. First to win 2 trophies |
| | Aerostat: | U.S.Army | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1550 km | 963 miles | Duration: | 41 h | 20 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result lists. UH95 | Updated | 2001-10-22 |
| | Date: | 1933-09-30 | Pilot: | G. A. Prokofiev | USSR |
| | Copilot: | E. K. Birnbaum. Godunov | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 18 000 meters. |
| | World Record |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Osso-Aviachim. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 24303 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 18514 | meters |
| | Source: | Aerospace Balloons. Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1998-06-04 |
| | Date: | 1933-09-04 | Pilot: | Francyzek Hynek | POL |
| | Copilot: | Zbigniew Burzynski | Passengers: |
| | 21th Gordon Bennett race 1933. 1st place |
| | Chicago (Century of Progress Expo). USA to Port Neuf. Quebec. Canada |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Kosciuszko | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1361 km | 846 miles | Duration: | 38 h | 32 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-23 |
| | Date: | 1933-09-05 | Pilot: | Thomas G. W. "Tex" Settle | 1895-1979 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Kendall | Passengers: |
| | 21th Gordon Bennett race 1933. 2nd place |
| | Chicago (Century of Progress Expo). USA to Lake Ontario?. Quebec. Canada |
| |
| | Aerostat: | U.S.Navy | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1248 km | 775 miles | Duration: | 51 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-23 |
| | Date: | 1933-11-20 | Pilot: | Thomas G. W. "Tex" Settle | 1895-1979 | USA |
| | Copilot: | C. L. Fordney | Passengers: |
| | Second flight over 18 000 meters. |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Century of Progress. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 17000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 18665 | meters |
| | Source: | Aerospace Balloons. Ballooning 1782-1972 (18 660) | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1934-01-30 | Pilot: | Paul F. Fedoseenko | -1934 | USSR |
| | Copilot: | A. B. Vasienko. I. D. Usyskin | Passengers: |
| | Altitude flight. |
| | Gondola separated at altitude. All perished. |
| | Balloon USSR ? |
| | Aerostat: | Osso-Aviachim. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 24303 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 21872 | meters |
| | Source: | NP. Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1998-06-10 |
| | Date: | 1934-07-28 | Pilot: | William Elsworth Kepner | 1893-1982 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Orvil A Anderson. Albert W. Stevens | Passengers: |
| | Stratosphere flight. |
| | Fails at 60 000 ft. All parachute safely. Launch from Stratobowl. Rapid City |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Explorer. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 85000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 18300 | meters |
| | Source: | National Geographic. April 1934 | Updated | 1998-06-04 |
| | Date: | 1934-09-25 | Pilot: | Francyzek Hynek | POL |
| | Copilot: | Wladislaw Pomaski | Passengers: |
| | 22nd Gordon Bennett race 1934. 1st place |
| | Warsaw (Pole Mokotowskie Airport). Poland to Anna Woronez. USSR |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Kosciuszko | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1333 km | 828 miles | Duration: | 44 h | 48 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-14 |
| | Date: | 1934-10-23 | Pilot: | Jeanette Ridlon Piccard | 1895-1981 | USA |
| | Copilot: | Jean Félix Piccard (1884-1963) | Passengers: |
| | First woman in the stratosphere |
| | Altitude research flight |
| | From Dearborn. Michigan to Cadiz. Ohio |
| | Aerostat: | Century of Progress. Hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 17000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 7 h | 54 | min | Altitude: | 17550 | meters |
| | Source: | The Eagle Aloft. UH95 | Updated | 2002-03-04 |
| | Date: | 1934-12-19 | Pilot: | Hans Flemming | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | First airship to fly more than 1 million km. |
| | First flight 18 Sep 1928. last flight 19 June 1937 |
| | The volume consists of: 75 000 m3 hydrogen. 30 000 m3 blaugas (fuel). Broken up May 1940 |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 127. Graf Zeppelin. Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel). | Rigid Airship | Volume | 105000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 1053390 miles | Duration: | 17177 h | 50 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Graf Zeppelin & Hindenburg. The Zeppelin Story. Rigid Airships 1893-1940 | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1935-09-19 | Pilot: | Zbigniew Burzynski | -1971 | POL |
| | Copilot: | Wladyslav Wysocki | Passengers: |
| | 23rd Gordon Bennett race 1935. 1st place |
| | Warsaw (Pole Mokotowskie Airport). Poland to Tiszkino. Stalingrad. USSR |
| | Fourth trophy won by Poland |
| | Aerostat: | Polonia III | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2204.5 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1650.47 km | 1026 miles | Duration: | 57 h | 54 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-30 |
| | Date: | 1935-09-19 | Pilot: | Antoni Janusz | POL |
| | Copilot: | Wawszcak | Passengers: |
| | 23rd Gordon Bennett race 1935. 2nd place |
| | Warsaw (Pole Mokotowskie Airport). Poland to Nosowka |
| |
| | Aerostat: | SP-AMY. Warszawa II | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2204.5 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1567.13 km | 974 miles | Duration: | 46 h | 52 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-30 |
| | Date: | 1935-11-11 | Pilot: | Orvil A. Anderson | USA |
| | Copilot: | Albert W. Stevens | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 22 000 meters. |
| | World Record. Launch at Stratobowl. Rapid City |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Explorer II. Helium | Gas Balloon | Volume | 104772 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 8 h | 13 | min | Altitude: | 22066 | meters |
| | Source: | NG June 1935. Oct 35. Jan 36 | Updated | 1998-06-04 |
| | Date: | 1935-11-27 | Pilot: | Ernst Lehmann | 1886-1937 | GER |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Longest holding - 3 days. Outbreak of revolution in Pernambuco. |
| | After flight Bathurst. Gambia to Recife de Pernambuco. |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Zeppelin LZ 127. Graf Zeppelin. Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel). | Rigid Airship | Volume | 105000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 118 h | 40 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Giants in the Sky | Updated | 2003-12-18 |
| | Date: | 1936-09-01 | Pilot: | Ernest Demuyter | 1893-1963 | BEL |
| | Copilot: | Pierre Hoffmans | Passengers: |
| | 24th Gordon Bennett race 1936. 1st place |
| | Warsaw (Pole Mokotowskie Airport). Poland to Miedlesca. Archangelsk. USSR |
| | N 62d 20m 50s - E 42d 52m 03s. Miedlesca. 28 km N Shenkursk |
| | Aerostat: | DO-BFM. Belgica | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2205 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1715.8 km | 1066 miles | Duration: | 46 h | 24 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-31 |
| | Date: | 1936-09-01 | Pilot: | Antoni Janusz | POL |
| | Copilot: | Stanislaw Brenk | Passengers: |
| | 24th Gordon Bennett race 1936. 2nd place |
| | Warsaw (Pole Mokotowskie Airport). Poland to Nosowszczyna |
| | N 63d 10m 16s - E 36d 56m 38s. Nosowszczyna. Onega Kalgaczycha. 24 km |
| | Aerostat: | SP-BCU. LOPP | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2310 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1534.28 km | 953 miles | Duration: | 38 h | 2 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-31 |
| | Date: | 1936-09-01 | Pilot: | Erich Tilgenkamp | SUI |
| | Copilot: | Maurice ten Bosch | Passengers: |
| | 24th Gordon Bennett race 1936. 3dr place |
| | Warsaw (Pole Mokotowskie Airport). Poland to Wokonavelok |
| | N 64d 56m 00s - E 30d 43m 46s. Kuioziero. Wokonavelok Woknawolsk. 17 km |
| | Aerostat: | HB-BIA. Zürich III | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2204.5 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1518.4 km | 943 miles | Duration: | 38 h | 36 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-31 |
| | Date: | 1937-06-22 | Pilot: | Ernest Demuyter | 1893-1963 | BEL |
| | Copilot: | Pierre Hoffmans | Passengers: |
| | 25th Gordon Bennett race 1937. 1st place |
| | Brussels (Heyselstadium). Belgium to Tukums (Dzirciems ~60 km W Riga). Latvia |
| |
| | Aerostat: | DO-BFM. Belgica | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2205 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1396 km | 867 miles | Duration: | 46 h | 15 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list. Gunars Dukste | Updated | 2004-03-29 |
| | Date: | 1937-09-25 | Pilot: | Josef Emmer (Emmert) | 1912-1985 | AUT |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Altitude flight by HAB |
| | Altitude flight by HAB |
| | Fuel: Kerosene |
| | Aerostat: | OE-MAREK-EMMER II | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 2200 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 9374 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1996-11-09 |
| | Date: | 1937-10-04 | Pilot: | Mr. Pankoff | USSR |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Unofficial World Duration record. |
| | Dolgaprudnaja-Dolgaprudnaja |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Nobile V-6. Hydrogen | Semi-Rigid Airship | Volume | 18500 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 130 h | 27 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Nobile | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1938-09-13 | Pilot: | Antoni Janusz | POL |
| | Copilot: | Franz Janick | Passengers: |
| | 26th Gordon Bennett race 1938. 1st place |
| | Leige (Bressoux). Belgium to Troyan. Bulgaria |
| |
| | Aerostat: | SP-BCU. LOPP | Gas Balloon | Volume | 2310 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1692 km | 1051 miles | Duration: | 37 h | 47 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Gordon Bennett result list | Updated | 2001-10-31 |
| | Date: | 1939-09 | Pilot: | POL |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Gordon Bennett cancelled due to outbreak of war |
| | Fifth trophy lost due to the war. New trophy set up by Polish Aeroclub 1983 |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Updated | 2002-03-03 |
| | Date: | 1939-04-06 | Pilot: | F. Bourlouski | USSR |
| | Copilot: | A. I. Aleshin | Passengers: |
| | Distance record |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 602 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 1701.8 km | 1057 miles | Duration: | 61 h | 30 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | FAI records | Updated | 2000-02-15 |
| | Date: | 1941-03-16 | Pilot: | Boris A. Neverov | USSR |
| | Copilot: | S. S. Gaigerov | Passengers: |
| | Distance and Duration record. |
| |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 2767 km | 1719 miles | Duration: | 69 h | 20 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | FAI record file | Updated | 1999-02-24 |
| | Date: | 1948-11-18 | Pilot: | James A. Contos | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Early modern hot air balloon |
| | Kerosene-propane burner |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Homebuilt | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 100 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1998-06-04 |
| | Date: | 1950-10-25 | Pilot: | Serge A. Sinovjev | USSR |
| | Copilot: | S. S. Gaigerov. M. M. Kirpichev | Passengers: |
| | Soviet distance record. |
| | Dolgoprudny (Moscow) Oct 25 to Taldy-Kurgan (Kazakhstan) Oct 28. |
| | Not mentioned in FAI statistics. USSR not FAI member |
| | Aerostat: | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 3200 km | 1988 miles | Duration: | 83 h | 29 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | World Records. David Shifrin | Updated | 1999-02-24 |
| | Date: | 1953-xx-xx | Pilot: | Edward Yost | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Early modern hot air balloon |
| | Early modern hot air balloon |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Homebuilt | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 764.555 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning (Wirth) | Updated | 1998-06-04 |
| | Date: | 1956-04-15 | Pilot: | James A. Contos | USA |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Early modern hot air balloon. |
| | Propane burner |
| |
| | Aerostat: | Raven | Hot Air Balloon | Volume | 1076.04 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 26 | min | Altitude: | 150 | meters |
| | Source: | Ballooning 1782-1972 | Updated | 1998-06-04 |
| | Date: | 1956-05-xx | Pilot: | SWE |
| | Copilot: | Passengers: |
| | Logging by balloon tested in Sweden |
| | Old WW II barrage balloons used |
| | Found uneconomical in Sweden. Terrain more suitable for road transport |
| | Aerostat: | British Barrage balloon. hydrogen | Gas Balloon | Volume | 500 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Swed Forest Res Inst. Aerospace Balloons | Updated | 2000-02-08 |
| | Date: | 1956-08-10 | Pilot: | Malcolm D. Ross | USA |
| | Copilot: | M. Lee Lewis | Passengers: |
| | Stratosphere flight. |
| | Open Basket |
| |
| | Aerostat: | ONR Strato-Lab | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 12192 | meters |
| | Source: | National Geographic. Feb 1957 | Updated | 1998-06-04 |
| | Date: | 1956-09-24 | Pilot: | H. Froelich | USA |
| | Copilot: | K. Long | Passengers: |
| | Stratosphere flight. |
| | Open Basket |
| |
| | Aerostat: | ONR Strato-Lab | Gas Balloon | Volume | 0 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 12801.6 | meters |
| | Source: | The Eagle Aloft | Updated | 1998-06-06 |
| | Date: | 1956-11-08 | Pilot: | Malcolm D. Ross | USA |
| | Copilot: | M. Lee Lewis | Passengers: |
| | First flight over 23 000 meters. |
| | Unofficial Absolute World Record |
| |
| | Aerostat: | ONR Strato-Lab I | Gas Balloon | Volume | 56633.7 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 km | 0 miles | Duration: | 0 h | 0 | min | Altitude: | 23164.8 | meters |
| | Source: | NG Feb 1957. Aerospace Balloons | Updated | 1998-06-04 |
| | Date: | 1957-03-15 | Pilot: | Jack R. Hunt. Cmdr | USA |
| | Copilot: | US Navy | Passengers: |
| | Longest recorded airship flight. |
| | South Weymouth. Mass. March 4th - Portugal - Africa - Key West. Florida March 15th. |
| | Distance is the total ground distance covered |
| | Aerostat: | Goodyear ZPG-2 Snowbird. Helium | Airship ("Blimp"). | Volume | 27608.9 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 15200 km | 9445 miles | Duration: | 264 h | 14 | min | Altitude: | 0 | meters |
| | Source: | Payne. Beaubois | Updated | 1996-04-15 |
| | Date: | 1957-06-02 | Pilot: | Joseph W. Kittinger | 1928- | USA |
| | Copilot: |