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ballooning /bəˈluːnɪŋ /noun [mass noun]The sport or pastime of flying in a balloon: he took up ballooning in 1907 [as modifier]: a ballooning accident...- Evans provides an admirable overview of early ballooning and of the first US and Confederate air forces.
- The only departure from this order occurs in an appendix on military ballooning during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
- North Carolina was a launching ground for real and imaginary ballooning adventures as early as 1789.
Derivativesballooner noun ...- So the champagne was instead shared by the ballooners in a party after returning to the launch site.
- A small tribute - because of lack of material - to other ballooners in the rest of the world.
- As inspired ballooners we regularly participate in national and international balloon events.
balloonist /bəˈluːnɪst / noun ...- Lowe and his balloonists provided effective aerial reconnaissance during several major campaigns in 1862 and 1863.
- This latest adventure gives Fossett yet another aviation record, adding to the many he holds as a balloonist, pilot and sailor.
- Our balloonist Gaston fires the burner again, reheating the air to regain our lost altitude.
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