An Englishman named Henry Coxwell emerged as the foremost altitude pilot. In September 1862, he was commissioned by James Glaisher of the British Meteorological Society to take him aloft for high - altitude scientific observations.
हेन्री कॉक्सवेल हा इंग्रज, उंच उड्डाण करणारा पहिला फुगा चालक ठरला.