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Definition of Kite balloon
1. Noun. A barrage balloon with lobes at one end that keep it headed into the wind.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kite Balloon
Literary usage of Kite balloon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Textbook of Naval Aeronautics by Henry Woodhouse (1917)
""Spotting" from a kite balloon The kite balloon is used extensively for spotting
the fall of shots in naval operations, although there has hardly been any ..."
2. Applied Aerodynamics by Leonard Bairstow (1920)
"EQUILIBRIUM OF kite balloonS The conditions for the equilibrium of a kite balloon
are more complex than those for the airship. The kite balloon has its own ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"kite balloon.— The kite balloon is a development of the captive spherical balloon,
... The kite balloon is sausage-shaped, with a series of ..."
4. The Aerospace Year Book (1919)
"Here a kite-balloon was used for the first time in war. A Russian naval balloon
division ... 1909—Spanish kite-balloon used in operations against the Moors. ..."
5. The Armies of Industry: Our Nation's Manufacture of Munitions for a World in by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"The term "kite balloon" effectively describes the captive observation balloon
... Sitting comfortably aloft, the observer in the kite balloon basket had the ..."
6. Aircraft Year Book by Manufacturers Aircraft Association (1919)
"Here a kite-balloon was used for the first time in war. A Russian naval balloon
division ... 1909—Spanish kite-balloon used in operations against the Moors. ..."
7. "Green Balls,": The Adventures of a Night-bomber by Paul Bewsher (1919)
"... X. WITH A kite balloon AT THE DARDANELLES. " SHOW a leg! Show a leg! Rise up
and shine! Lash up and stow! The sun's burning your bloomin' eyes out! ..."
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