aeronaut
Lighter-than-air navigator
An aeronaut is a person who operates or travels in a balloon or airship.
The term predates heavier-than-air flight and evokes the early age of aviation—intrepid figures ascending in wicker baskets beneath silk envelopes.
Today it sounds quaint or deliberately old-fashioned: The Victorian aeronaut surveyed the countryside from his balloon.
One who steers aircraft
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
- flyerPrinted advertisement sheet
- airmanOne who pilots aircraft
navigator · captain · squadron · aviation · takeoff · landing · airspeed · altitude
Suspended transport cabin
- envelopeFolded paper enclosure
- burnerHeat-producing device component
- propaneFlammable hydrocarbon fuel
- basketWoven carrying vessel
buoyancy · ascension · inflation · tether · vent · sandbag · lift · windsock
Rigid lighter-than-air craft
- blimpNon-rigid flying vessel
- dirigibleSteerable lighter-than-air craft
- heliumLightest noble gas
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
propeller · rudder · gasbag · cigar-shaped · hangar · navigation · captain · altitude
Organized exploratory journey
- voyageJourney by sea
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- daringAdventurous courage
- thrillSurge of intense excitement
peril · escapade · explorer · circumnavigation · crossing · uncharted · intrepid · wind-borne
First to forge ahead
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
- forerunnerOne that comes before
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- innovatorCreator of new methods
daredevil · adventurer · aviation-history · groundbreaker · experimentalist
pilot
One who steers aircraft
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
- flyerPrinted advertisement sheet
airman · navigator · captain · squadron · aviation · takeoff · landing · airspeed · altitude · fuselage
gondola
Suspended transport cabin
- envelopeFolded paper enclosure
- burnerHeat-producing device component
- propaneFlammable hydrocarbon fuel
basket · buoyancy · ascension · inflation · tether · vent · sandbag · lift · windsock · ballast
zeppelin
Rigid lighter-than-air craft
gondola · propeller · rudder · gasbag · cigar-shaped · hangar · navigation · captain · altitude · buoyancy
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
thrill · peril · escapade · explorer · circumnavigation · crossing · uncharted · intrepid · wind-borne · romantic
trailblazer
First to forge ahead
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
- forerunnerOne that comes before
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
innovator · daredevil · adventurer · aviation-history · groundbreaker · experimentalist
- aviation figuresaviator, pilot, test pilot, flight pioneer, ace pilot
- Ballooninghot air balloon, hot air balloons, balloon, gas balloons, balloonist
- Early BallooningMontgolfier brothers, hot air balloon, hydrogen balloon, wicker basket, first ascent
- aerostatsairships, blimp, balloons, zeppelin, blimps
- balloonslatex balloons, latex balloon, hydrogen balloons, foil balloons, helium balloons
- His Dark MaterialsPan, daemons, Northern Lights, His Dark Materials, Svalbard
aeronautsubmariner
Sailor on underwater vessel
aquanaut · deep-sea diver · oceanaut · mariner · sailor
- aeronautical engineerDesigner of aircraft systems
- aeronautical engineeringDiscipline of aircraft development