An aerostat (from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr) 'air' and στατός (statós) 'standing', via French) or lighter-than-air aircraft is an aircraft that relies on...
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Look up aerostat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An aerostat is an aircraft that remains aloft through the use of lighter-than-air gases. A narrower...
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coordinates) The Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS) is an American low-level airborne ground surveillance system that uses aerostats (moored balloons) as...
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RT Aerostats Systems is an Israeli company that designs and manufactures the SkyStar family of aerostats, for use in intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance...
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a sheep, a duck, and a rooster aloft first. On 19 September 1783, the Aérostat Réveillon was flown with the first living beings in a basket attached to...
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Tethered balloon (redirect from Tethered aerostat)
balloon is a form of aerostat, along with the powered free-flying airship, although the American GAO has used the term "aerostat" to describe a tethered...
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In aeronautics, a balloon is an unpowered aerostat, which remains aloft or floats due to its buoyancy. A balloon may be free, moving with the wind, or...
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Israeli Aeronautics Defense Skystar 300. Surveillance blimps known as aerostats have been used extensively in the Middle East by the United States military...
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Counter-IED equipment (section Aerostats)
(PTDS) was the largest and most capable Aerostat ever used in combat. The largest non-combat is the TARS aerostat. First used in 2004 (Camp Slayer, Iraq)...
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JLENS (category Aerostat radars)
threats[specify]. The system had four primary components: two tethered aerostats which utilized a helium/air mix, armored mooring stations, sophisticated...
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Sky Dew (category Aerostat radars)
Hebrew (טל שמיים)), or High Availability Aerostat System (HAAS), is a high altitude missile defense aerostat used by Israel Defence Forces since 2022...
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Scaffolding Tower Dam Caisson Stonemasonry Road Tunnel Transport Aircraft Aerostat Airplane Seaplane Compass Elevator Horseback riding Stirrup Jet engine...
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hovercraft, seaplanes), aircraft (airplanes, helicopters, gliders and aerostats) and space vehicles (spacecraft, spaceplanes and launch vehicles). This...
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military and civilian aircraft, helicopters, unmanned airborne vehicles, and aerostats. In July 2024, Reliance Industries was granted the approval by United...
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Scaffolding Tower Dam Caisson Stonemasonry Road Tunnel Transport Aircraft Aerostat Airplane Seaplane Compass Elevator Horseback riding Stirrup Jet engine...
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Scaffolding Tower Dam Caisson Stonemasonry Road Tunnel Transport Aircraft Aerostat Airplane Seaplane Compass Elevator Horseback riding Stirrup Jet engine...
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Scaffolding Tower Dam Caisson Stonemasonry Road Tunnel Transport Aircraft Aerostat Airplane Seaplane Compass Elevator Horseback riding Stirrup Jet engine...
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(April 19, 1949 – October 6, 1993) made a 45-minute flight in a homemade aerostat made of an ordinary lawn chair and 42 helium-filled weather balloons. The...
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This is a list of firsts in aviation. For a comprehensive list of women's records, see Women in aviation. The first flight (including gliding) by a person...
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The 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. In the foreground, there is an aerostat....
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Aerostat Aerodyne Lift: Lighter than air gas Lift: Fixed wing Lift: Unpowered rotor Lift: Powered rotor Unpowered free flight (Free) balloon Glider Helicopter...
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Scaffolding Tower Dam Caisson Stonemasonry Road Tunnel Transport Aircraft Aerostat Airplane Seaplane Compass Elevator Horseback riding Stirrup Jet engine...
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class excludes vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) types, rotorcraft, aerostats and most light aircraft. List of VTOL aircraft Angel Aircraft Corporation...
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Aerostat Aerodyne Lift: Lighter than air gas Lift: Fixed wing Lift: Unpowered rotor Lift: Powered rotor Unpowered free flight (Free) balloon Glider Helicopter...
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Scaffolding Tower Dam Caisson Stonemasonry Road Tunnel Transport Aircraft Aerostat Airplane Seaplane Compass Elevator Horseback riding Stirrup Jet engine...
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Boris Grebenshchikov (section Radio "Aerostat")
had a weekly radio program on Russian radio station Radio Rossii titled Aerostat (Russian: Аэростат). It is presented as "author's program of Boris Grebenshchikov"...
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a lesson. 970 4-1 Wish Straws ワラシベにお願い S28 4-5 Around the World in an Aerostat! 気球で世界一周を! 971 4-8 Almighty Vision 断層ビジョン Doraemon uses a gadget to find...
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Shamayim base, with one being intercepted and the other damaging the Sky Dew aerostat. Later that day, an Israeli airstrike on a car near Tyre killed one Hezbollah...
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