[f. BALLOON v. + -ING1.] The science and practice of ascending in and making use of balloons; aeronautics.
1821. C. Mathews, Mem., III. viii. 178. A very learned dissertation on ballooning.
1870. Pall Mall Gaz., 7 Sept., 4/2. Military ballooning has always had an interest for theorists in the art of war.
1877. Blackie, Wise Men, 343. Helmless balloonings in the pathless air.
