- An
aerostat (from
Ancient Gr**** ἀήρ (aḗr) 'air' and στατός (statós) 'standing', via French) or lighter-than-air
aircraft is an
aircraft that
relies on...
- coordinates) The
Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS) is an
American low-level
airborne ground surveillance system that uses
aerostats (moored balloons) as...
- 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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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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dirigible is a type of
aerostat (lighter-than-air)
aircraft that can
navigate through the air
flying under its own power.
Aerostats use
buoyancy from a lifting...
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Transfer Kitemill An
aerostat-type wind
power system relies at
least in part on
buoyancy to
support the wind-collecting elements.
Aerostats vary in
their designs...
- 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...
- (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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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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Nowadays a "balloon" is an
unpowered aerostat and an "airship" is a
powered one. A powered,
steerable aerostat is
called a dirigible.
Sometimes this...
