List of balloon uses
This is a list of uses of balloons tiny balloon catheter balloon tamponade Graphene balloons small (volume of a few litres) gas balloon Balloon Drop 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 Skyhook balloon superpressure balloon other balloon tires, for vehicles that require low ground pressures large (volume up to 12,000,000 litres) 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.