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What (who) is kite-balloon - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Kite (album); Kite (movie); The kite (film); The kite; The Kite; Kites (disambiguation); Kite (song); Kite (film); The Kite (film)
Kytoon
![Kytoon balloons were used on Indian Springs Air Force Base, Nevada, April 20, 1952, to get exact weather information during [[atomic test]] periods. Balloons were sent aloft before each nuclear test, and were hauled down minutes before the actual detonation occurs.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/330-PS-3256 (45898 AC) (17204655228).jpg?width=200 "Kytoon balloons were used on Indian Springs Air Force Base, Nevada, April 20, 1952, to get exact weather information during [[atomic test]] periods. Balloons were sent aloft before each nuclear test, and were hauled down minutes before the actual detonation occurs.")
AIRCRAFT WHICH OBTAINS SOME OF ITS LIFT DYNAMICALLY AS A HEAVIER-THAN-AIR KITE AND THE REST AEROSTATICALLY AS A LIGHTER-THAN-AIR BALLOON
Hybrid moored balloon; Kite-balloon
A kytoon or kite balloon is a tethered aircraft which obtains some of its lift dynamically as a heavier-than-air kite and the rest aerostatically as a lighter-than-air balloon.Popular Mechanics Mar 1958 The word is a portmanteau of kite and balloon.
Kite balloon
TETHERED BALLOON INCORPORATING AERODYNAMIC ELEMENTS OPERATION IN WINDY CONDITIONS
A kite balloon is a tethered balloon which is shaped to help make it stable in low and moderate winds and to increase its lift. It typically comprises a streamlined envelope with stabilising features and a harness or yoke connecting it to the main tether and a second harness connected to an observer's basket.
balloonist
![Balloon landing in Mashgh square, [[Iran]] ([[Persia]]), at the time of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, around 1850.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baloon persia.jpg?width=200 "Balloon landing in Mashgh square, [[Iran]] ([[Persia]]), at the time of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, around 1850.")
![Brian Jones]] achieved the first non-stop balloon [[circumnavigation]] in ''[[Breitling Orbiter 3]]''.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Breitling Orbiter 3 aloft.jpg?width=200 "Brian Jones]] achieved the first non-stop balloon [[circumnavigation]] in ''[[Breitling Orbiter 3]]''.")
![Gas balloons at the [[Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GasballoonsABQ.jpg?width=200 "Gas balloons at the [[Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta]]")
![A model of the [[Montgolfier brothers]] balloon at the [[London Science Museum]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Montgolfier Balloon.JPG?width=200 "A model of the [[Montgolfier brothers]] balloon at the [[London Science Museum]]")
![[[Bartolomeu de Gusmão]]'s prototype airship ''Passarola'' devised 1709.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Passarola.png?width=200 "[[Bartolomeu de Gusmão]]'s prototype airship ''Passarola'' devised 1709.")
![Close-up view of an American major in the basket of an [[observation balloon]] flying over territory near front lines during World War I.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/World War I Observation Balloon HD-SN-99-02269.JPEG?width=200 "Close-up view of an American major in the basket of an [[observation balloon]] flying over territory near front lines during World War I.")
UNPOWERED AEROSTAT
Balloonist; Charlière; Balloon flight; Balloonists; Gondola (balloon); Balloon gondola; Balloon (aircraft); Balloon ascent
(balloonists)
A balloonist is a person who flies a hot-air balloon.
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Kite (disambiguation)
A kite a tethered heavier-than-air or lighter-than-air craft with wing surfaces.
Kite or kites may also refer to:
- Kite (bird), the common name for a number of birds of prey
- Kite (geometry), a quadrilateral with reflection symmetry across a diagonal
