aeronaut

Without any prior knowledge of ballooning, Donaldson bartered his way into owning a hot air balloon and debuted as an aeronaut in 1871.

His advanced technical innovations with balloon reconnaissance prompted President Lincoln to make him “chief aeronaut” of the Union army’s balloon corps.

Mr. Friedlander’s Aeronaut Brewery has even explored using nitrogen as a source of fizz in lieu of carbon dioxide.

Sempill offered a ride to another passenger, the aeronaut Charles Dollfus, an attaché with the French Air Ministry.

The aeronaut took with him a barometer, a thermometer, and a chronometer.