Their work in saving the lost balloonists was spoken of in the papers, for the professor would never forget what he owed them.
Why, the rescuing of the wrecked balloonists alone paid us for coming," said Will.
This was considerably larger than the individual parachute, and to operate it the balloonists pulled a cord which cut the basket away from the balloon entirely.
For years balloonists have dreamed of a gas light enough to have great lifting power, but which would not burn nor explode.
As to the safety of our parachute equipment, the only complaint from the Yankee balloonistsat the front was that they were too safe.
We fancy that many practical balloonistswill hardly endorse this description.
Again, the French observer seems seldom to have detected those opposite airstreams which English balloonists may frequently observe, and have such cause to be wary of.
It is impossible to dismiss this brief sketch of French balloonists of this period without paying some due tribute to M.
He has shown balloonists how to make a perfectly gas-tight material, and has raised powerful petroleum motors in a balloon with safety.
Of course the balloonists were longing to ask Uncle Prudent and the secretary about all these things, but they looked so close and so serious that they thought it best to respect their attitude.
In a vague way the earliest balloonists recognized that power, independent of wind, was necessary to give balloons steerage way and direction.
All of which was true enough, and some of the first balloonists cast upon their fires substances like sulphur and pitch in order to produce a thicker smoke, which they believed had greater lifting power than ordinary hot air.
Spherical balloonists were looked on as daring professionals, not differing greatly from acrobats; and for the son of a planter to dream of emulating them would have been almost a social sin.
The Yankee Balloonists The Beaver refrains from elaborating upon current newspaper reports about the U.
Navy balloonists who drifted from New York City to Moose Factory and were rescued by H.
Las' week tew pesky dod-ratted balloonists hit Hi Holler on ther head with a bag of sand, and now yew come along in thet thar contraption and try to bust up my dryin' roof.
So that, in reality, Jack's device was one of the safest that could be imagined for protecting balloonists in a heavy storm.
I'd like to drop a bag of ballast on his head, the same as those balloonists did on Si's," muttered Tom.
A successful landing was made in Norway, in a desolate but friendly region, where the balloonists were treated with the greatest kindness.
Meanwhile motors were being reduced in weight and increased in power, and the hearts of aviators and balloonists were cheered by the fact that the light metal, aluminum, was steadily growing cheaper.
The successful voyage of these caged animals stimulated the balloonists to attempt the crucial test of sending up a balloon carrying a human passenger.
Meanwhile, in Europe, a new danger to balloonists had arisen.
In reply, the aviators could point to birds and bats as examples of how the apparently impossible is easily accomplished in nature; while the balloonists could simply point to their accomplished flights as practical demonstrations.
Since the invention of the Montgolfier balloon two distinct schools of balloonistshad arisen, one of which favored the hot-air, and the other the hydrogen balloon.
Fortunately, the king took a broader view, and his soldiers were supplied freely for protecting balloonists and their property; but even with this protection both were roughly handled at times.
But no such demand or suggestion came from theballoonists themselves.
Luck does not always attend the aeronaut, albeit fortune favours the brave, and the current of air that was carrying the balloonists so merrily back to Reikjavik, ceased entirely when they were still within ten miles of that quaint wee place.
There was some commotion, I can tell you, among the feathered inmates of the barnyard when the balloonists popped down among them; as for the farm folks, they had shut themselves up in the dwelling-house.
Balloonists thousands of feet above the earth hear with remarkable clearness sounds from the ground below, but people on the ground cannot hear similar sounds from the balloon.
Balloonists claim to have encountered such discharges near at hand.
He knew that a portion at least of the Confederates had marched against Hooker, and the balloonists had early reported that a battle was in progress near Tabernacle Church.
As soon as the fog had lifted, about nine o'clock in the morning, the signal officers and balloonists had descried long columns of troops and trains marching rapidly towards Chancellorsville.
Balloonists who ascend still higher must carry a supply of oxygen with them.
Mountain-climbers and balloonists have attained greater altitudes; but above a level of about five miles the air is too greatly rarefied to support life.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "balloonists" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
