Jaques Balsan
Jaques Balsan was an aeronaut and aviator.
In 1903 he made a 1300 km (=807 mi) balloon voyage in the St. Louis from Paris to Hungary with Abel Corot.[1]
The leader of this daring serial expedition, accomplished in midwinter, and without fear of frost, fog, or snow, M. Jacques Balsan, is thirty-five years old, and descends on the maternal side from the famous surgeon Dupuytren. He is rich, and has had many adventures by land and sea. He once commanded a Chilean gunboat, and made several voyages of exploration for the Chilean government. After having travelled all over the world, M. Balsan returned to Paris and took part in the aeronautic competition organized in connection with the Exhibition of 1900. He was in the long-distance trip in which MM. de la Vaulx and de Saint-Victor distinguished themselves, but he had to descend in Prussia, near the Muscovite frontier. The failure did not discourage M. Balsan in the least, and he seems determined to go on ballooning until he achieves something wonderful in the line. His present aerostat, the St Louis, was constructed for him in 1900 by Louis Godard, and he has already made thirteen trips in it and received many prizes. Last year, for instance, M. Balsan won the Lebaudy prize at Bordeaux.[1]
References
Links
- w:fr:Jacques Balsan; w:Jacques Balsan
- * L'Aérophile, Aug 1900, p129
| Names | Jaques Balsan |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 1868 |
| Death date | 1956 |
| Countries | FR, Chile |
| Locations | Paris |
| Occupations | military officer |
| Tech areas | Military, LTA |
| Affiliations | |
| Wikidata id | Q588510 |
