balloonist

English

From balloon +‎ -ist.

balloonist (plural balloonists)

A person who flies in balloons, especially in hot-air balloons.
- 1986 November 18, Malcolm W. Browne, “BALLOONIST HAS HIGH HOPES BUT NO ILLUSIONS”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:
  But his greatest achievement, the balloonist said, was a flight he made in Australia in November 1984, using the prototype of the balloon in which he intends to circle the world.
- 1999 March 29, Nadya Labi, “Around the World in a Balloon in 20 Days”, in Time, retrieved 4 April 2020:
  Like surfers trying to catch a wave, balloonists try to ride jet streams.

a person who flies in a (hot-air) balloon, balloons