Barrage balloon
Barrage balloon US Marine Corps barrage balloon, Parris Island, May 1942 A barrage balloon is a large balloon used ...
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Balloon
Balloon For the impedance converter, see the article ... flowers, are given for special occasions. A balloon is a flexible bag normally filled with ... chloroprene or a nylon fabric. The modern balloon was invented by Michael Faraday in the ... balloons (volume of a few litres) toy balloon decoration solar balloon balloon mail as part of a ...
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Balloon   (translated from Japanese)
Balloon BalloonThe vehicle in order (is effective and ... to fly ( aircraft ) One kind. air vapor balloon buoyancy , the aerostat (LTA; Lighter-Than-Air ... is classified. burner and the like fire balloon 、 hydrogen and helium and the like are called the gas balloon. In order for the human to ride the basket is attached under the balloon. Because as for power in order ...
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Talk:Balloon
Talk:Balloon Fails to mention original balloons were dried ... the only gas used in balloons or balloon-type vehicles. --user:Daniel C. Boyer Helium ... article to the Hebrew wikipedia? our current balloon article is focused on latex balloons only ... I Q them being included as balloons. Barrage balloons & blimps, perhaps, N dirigbles; some clarity ... as I understand the term, is not "balloon"; it implies a frame & steerability lacking ...
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Talk:Hot air balloon
Talk:Hot air balloon Erroneous info here This may be a ... generated hydrogen gas later on. The Enterprise (balloon) was not a military balloon. Please see my edited article there. Please ... se my article on the Union Army Balloon Corps there. The Confederates tried a couple ... committee. As it happens, the rules for balloon circumnavigation are different from those for ...
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Category:Balloons (aircraft)
... section of this category. A Adam Matthews Balloon Festival Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta B BBC One Balloon Idents Balloon (aircraft) Barrage balloon Bristol International Balloon ...
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List of weapons that don't exist, but should (Uncyclopedia.org wiki)
... the drumsticks fire at a constant chickeny barrage, striking their target with forceful bony impact ... Upon firing, the weapon would release a barrage of genetically modified sperm, able to penetrate ... No Apparent Reason [edit] Projectiles [edit] Acid balloon Beware of acid vapors though. This concept ... as it is based on the water balloon . One simply fills a balloon with acid ("AAAAAAHHH MY FACE!!!!!!!" acid, ...
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The Empty Child
... realising that it is attached to a barrage balloon above. It rises, taking Rose clean off ... away on a rope attached to a barrage balloon. World War II barrage balloons were actually tethered by steel ...
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Anti-aircraft warfare
... city started an attempt at resupply via balloon. Krupp quickly modified a 1 pounder (20 ... the length of the cable holding the balloon. The Krupp guns were later supplied with ... anti-aircraft defence was the use of Barrage balloons to act as physical obstacle initially ... aircraft over the Normandy invasion fleets. The balloon, a simple blimp tethered to the ground ... was more favourable for the guns. The barrage balloon was limited in application and ...
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Battle of the Somme (1916)
... front German trench as soon as the barrage lifted. Despite the heavy bombardment, many of ... German counter-attacks. As the German defensive barrage descended on no man's land, it ... battlefield in July, taken from a British balloon near Bécourt . At 22:00 on 1 ... bombardment. The artillery laid down a creeping barrage, and the attacking waves pushed up close ... a short distance to cross when the barrage lifted from the Germans' front trench. ...
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