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2. Observation balloon - Wikipedia

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   British observation balloon from 1908, typical of pre-WWI observation balloons. An observation balloon is a type of balloon that is employed as an aerial platform for gathering intelligence and spotting artillery. The use of observation balloons began during the French Revolutionary Wars, reaching their zenith during World War I, and they ...

3. History of military ballooning - Wikipedia

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   The following year, during the Siege of Mainz an observation balloon was employed again. However, the French military use of the balloon did not continue uninterrupted, as in 1799 Napoleon disbanded the French balloon corps. [2] In 1804, Napoleon considered invading England by landing troops transported by balloons.

4. Caquot kite balloon - Wikipedia

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   Caquot kite balloon (in French Caquot Captif) was a type of non-rigid military observation balloon, designed in 1915 by Albert Caquot.The type became widely used by Allied forces in World War I warfare for multiple observation or naval defence uses and later also as a anti-aircraft barrage balloon.

5. History of ballooning - Wikipedia

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   Tolstoy also includes a letter from the sovereign Emperor Alexander I to Count Fyodor Rostopchin concerning the balloon. [45] French Emperor Napoleon III employed a corps of observation balloons, led by Eugène Godard, for aerial reconnaissance over battlefields both in Franco-Austrian war of 1859, and in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War and ...

6. Here's why meteorologists launch weather balloons every day

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   The first reports of synchronized releases date back to November 1870 when balloons were launched from 25 locations across America. French meteorologist Leon Teisserenc de Bort is also credited ...

7. 2nd Special Operations Squadron - Wikipedia

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   : Close-up view of an American major in the basket of an observation balloon flying near front lines. At the school, the company received French Caquot (U.S. Type R) observation balloons. It was trained on the equipment by members of the French Army, and, on 23 January, the first trial ascents with an observer in the basket were made.

8. Why balloons are now in public eye — and military crosshairs

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   Humans have hooked bombs to balloons since at least the 1840s, when winds blew some of the balloon-borne bombs launched against Venice back on the Austrian launchers.

9. American observation balloon service in World War I - Wikipedia

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   There were also French, British, and German balloon corps. The history of military ballooning includes the American Civil War era Union Army Balloon Corps and the even earlier French Aerostatic Corps. Hangars from the U.S. Army's Ross Field Balloon School, 1922 Caquot Type R Observation balloon at USAF Museum