Eugene Pierre Godard,French aeronaut and balloon manufacturer (1827-1890). Between 1845 and 1890 he constructed about 18 hot-air (Montgolfier) balloons,50 gas balloons and made about 1500 ascents in a dozen countries on two continents – Europe and America. He established several world records for altitude,distance and time. Following the flights in 1863 of Felix Tournachon (Nadar) in the gigantic â€Le Geant†gas balloon,in which Eugene and his brother Louis acted as his crew,Eugene constructed a Montgolfier hot-air balloon,“L'Aigleâ€. This was over twice the size of â€Le Geantâ€. In 1867,he made a number of scientific ascents with the French astronomer Camille Flammarion. During the 1870-71 siege of Paris he organised a balloon air-mail service | |
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