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1Aerostat — The word aerostat was originally French and is derived from the greek aer (air) + statos (standing). An aerostat is a lighter than air object that can stay stationary in the air. Aerostats include free balloons, airships, moored balloons and… …
2Tethered Aerostat Radar System — The [http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=3507 Tethered Aerostat Radar System] is a low level surveillance system that uses aerostats as radar platforms. Another system of this kind is the EL/M 2083. System The aerostats are large… …
3Aircraft — An aircraft is a vehicle which is able to fly through the Earth s atmosphere or through any other atmosphere. Rocket vehicles are not aircraft if they are not supported by the surrounding air. All the human activity which surrounds aircraft is… …
4Union Army Balloon Corps — Infobox Military Unit unit name= Union Army Balloon Corps caption= Woodblock sketch of Lowe s balloon with McClellan s Army of the Potomac as depicted in Harper s Weekly . dates= October 1861 August 1863 country= United States allegiance= Union… …
5balloon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. aerostat, blimp; free, sounding, kite, pilot, or dirigible balloon; fire balloon, montgolfier. See aviation. v. i. swell. See convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dirigible, aircraft, airship, weather… …
6Aerobot — An aerobot is an aerial robot, usually used in the context of an unmanned space probeWhile work has been done since the 1960s on robot rovers to explore the Moon and other worlds in the Solar system, such machines have limitations. They tend to… …
7Cudjoe Key, Florida —   CDP   Location in …
8History of military ballooning — Main article: Balloon (aircraft) L Entreprenant at the Battle of Fleurus (1794). Balloons were the first mechanisms used in air warfare. Their role was strictly recognized for reconnaissance purposes. They provided humans with the first available …
9Montgolfier brothers — Joseph Michel Montgolfier Born 26 August 1740(1740 08 26) Annonay, Ardèche, France Died 26 June 1810(1810 06 26) (aged 69) …
10Balloon (aircraft) — Ballooning redirects here. For the behavior of spiders and other arthropods, see Ballooning (spider). Not to be confused with Airship or Blimp. Balloon …
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