#airship

• Aeronaut — A specialized or authorized person who navigates through the atmosphere using an aerostat, an airship, or a balloon; a pilot or member of the flight crew operating an aircraft lighter than air. In a historical sense, the term designates the pioneers of atmospheric flights who paved the way for airspace exploration.
• Aerostat — A flying apparatus lighter than air, whose sustenance and ascent in the atmosphere rely on Archimedean force (static lift), being filled with a gas less dense than the surrounding air (such as helium, hydrogen) or with hot air. This structural category encompasses free balloons, captive balloons, and mechanically propelled airships.
• Aerostation — The science, technology, or practical activity dealing with the design, construction, piloting, and operation of aircraft lighter than air (aerostats, balloons, airships). It represents the first historical stage of human aerial navigation, theoretically grounded in the laws of static and hydrostatic lift applied to large volumes of light gases or hot air.
• Balloonist — A soldier or civil specialist structurally trained to pilot, launch, monitor, and maintain an aerostat or a captive observation balloon. In a historical military sense, these soldiers played a crucial tactical role during early modern conflicts, ascending to high altitudes in open gondolas to direct artillery fire and report enemy troop movements.