This is a list of uses of balloons
- tiny
- balloon catheter
- balloon tamponade
- Graphene balloons
- small (volume of a few
litres)
- gas balloon
Balloons as Decorations - cluster ballooning
- Talking balloon
- toy balloon
- water balloon
- papier-mâché
- balloon modelling
- decoration
- solar balloon
- balloon mail as part of a balloon flight competition or to spread information
- balloon helicopter
- balloon rocket, demonstration of rocket propulsion
- ceiling balloon
- decoys accompanying ICBMs in midcourse, see also countermeasure
- A vessel for storing nitrous oxide prior to inhalation for use as a recreational drug
- medium (volume of tens to thousands of litres)
- free flying
- high-altitude balloon
- hopper balloon
- fire balloon for the transport of bombs (in World War II, FUGO-Balloon)
- transport of propaganda (in World War II and in the Cold War)
- ceiling balloon
- weather balloon used with a radiosonde
- fixed
- for carrying advertising signs
- to carry a radio antenna
- toy balloon
-
research balloon
Research Balloon - Skyhook balloon
- superpressure balloon
- other
- balloon tires, for vehicles that require low ground pressures
- free flying
- large (volume up to 12,000,000 litres)
A hot air balloon is inflated at Royal Victoria Park, Bath, England - free flying
-
balloon (aircraft)
- lifting people, or daring prison escapes, usually with a hot air balloon, Rozière balloon or a gas balloon
- airship, a steerable balloon
- hybrid airship, which combines characteristics of heavier-than-air (HTA) technology, fixed-wing aircraft or helicopter, and lighter-than-air (LTA), aerostat technology.
- research balloon with instrumentation, also to carry telescopes
- rockoon, a carrier for rockets.
- balloon satellite for space research.
- espionage balloon for military reconnaissance
- hopper balloon
-
balloon (aircraft)
- fixed
- as manned observation post (before World War II)
- barrage balloon
- observation balloon for military reconnaissance
- positioning atomic bombs for bomb tests in the atmosphere
- moored balloon
- free flying
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This is a list of uses of balloons
- tiny
- balloon catheter
- balloon tamponade
- Graphene balloons
- small (volume of a few
litres)
- gas balloon
Balloons as Decorations - cluster ballooning
- Talking balloon
- toy balloon
- water balloon
- papier-mâché
- balloon modelling
- decoration
- solar balloon
- balloon mail as part of a balloon flight competition or to spread information
- balloon helicopter
- balloon rocket, demonstration of rocket propulsion
- ceiling balloon
- decoys accompanying ICBMs in midcourse, see also countermeasure
- A vessel for storing nitrous oxide prior to inhalation for use as a recreational drug
- medium (volume of tens to thousands of litres)
- free flying
- high-altitude balloon
- hopper balloon
- fire balloon for the transport of bombs (in World War II, FUGO-Balloon)
- transport of propaganda (in World War II and in the Cold War)
- ceiling balloon
- weather balloon used with a radiosonde
- fixed
- for carrying advertising signs
- to carry a radio antenna
- toy balloon
-
research balloon
Research Balloon - Skyhook balloon
- superpressure balloon
- other
- balloon tires, for vehicles that require low ground pressures
- free flying
- large (volume up to 12,000,000 litres)
A hot air balloon is inflated at Royal Victoria Park, Bath, England - free flying
-
balloon (aircraft)
- lifting people, or daring prison escapes, usually with a hot air balloon, Rozière balloon or a gas balloon
- airship, a steerable balloon
- hybrid airship, which combines characteristics of heavier-than-air (HTA) technology, fixed-wing aircraft or helicopter, and lighter-than-air (LTA), aerostat technology.
- research balloon with instrumentation, also to carry telescopes
- rockoon, a carrier for rockets.
- balloon satellite for space research.
- espionage balloon for military reconnaissance
- hopper balloon
-
balloon (aircraft)
- fixed
- as manned observation post (before World War II)
- barrage balloon
- observation balloon for military reconnaissance
- positioning atomic bombs for bomb tests in the atmosphere
- moored balloon
- free flying