Hot air balloon manufacturer. Pilot of the first British public airmail flight in 1902. He once crossed the North Sea to Sweden in a balloon called “Mammoth” and he was the first balloonist to be issued with a passport when he flew non-stop to Russia.
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M. Auguste Eugine Gaudron
{Around an illustration of a hot air balloon:} Croydon Road Recreation Ground...
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Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 1997-8.