Ups and downs: The Aeronauts review
Nov 3 · 5 min read
On 5th September 1862, the pioneering English meteorologist James Glaisher and his pilot rose to more than 30,000 feet in a hot air balloon — roughly the altitude achieved by a modern airliner, and a world record at the time.
In reality Glaisher was in his 50s and long-married, and his pilot was an only slightly younger chap; for The Aeronauts, however, director Tom Harper and writer Jack Thorne have…

