Eugene Pierre Godard, French aeronaut and balloon manufacturer (1827-1890). Between 1845 and 1890 he constructed about 18 hot-air (Montgolfier) balloo
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€Â\x9DLe Geantâ€Â\x9D gas balloon, in which Eugene and his brother Louis acted as his crew, Eugene constructed a Montgolfier hot-air balloon, “L'Aigleâ€Â\x9D. This was over twice the size of â€Â\x9DLe Geantâ€Â\x9D. 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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