aerostat
Gas-filled flyer
An aerostat is any aircraft that achieves lift through buoyancy rather than aerodynamic forces—balloons and airships rather than airplanes and helicopters.
The term is technical, appearing mainly in aviation and military contexts: The military deployed aerostats for surveillance along the border.
Weather balloons and blimps are aerostats; anything with wings or rotors is not.
Less dense than atmosphere
- heliumLightest noble gas
- hydrogenSimplest atomic element
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
hover · drift · ascend · rise · buoyancy · displacement · altitude · barometric
Inflatable rubber sac
Folded paper enclosure
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
- basketWoven carrying vessel
- tetherFastening cord for animals
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
vent · burner · valve · rigging · netting · sandbag · appendix · car
One who steers aircraft
- launchSet into motion
- landingDescent's final moment
- inflationSustained price level increase
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
navigation · altimeter · meteorology · airspace · tethering · retrieval · payload · venting
Systematic observation of subjects
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- tourismLeisure travel sector
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
lighter-than-air
Less dense than atmosphere
float · hover · drift · ascend · rise · buoyancy · displacement · altitude · barometric · atmospheric
balloon
Inflatable rubber sac
envelope
Folded paper enclosure
mooring · vent · burner · valve · rigging · netting · sandbag · appendix · car · suspension
pilot
One who steers aircraft
deflation · navigation · altimeter · meteorology · airspace · tethering · retrieval · payload · venting · ballast
surveillance
Systematic observation of subjects
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- tourismLeisure travel sector
Hindenburg
Ill-fated German dirigible
- 1783Year the war ended
- Ballooninghot air balloon, hot air balloons, balloon, gas balloons, aeronauts
- aerostatsairships, blimp, balloons, zeppelin, blimps
- balloonslatex balloons, latex balloon, hydrogen balloons, foil balloons, helium balloons
- blimpsblimp, blimps
- hot air balloonsenvelope, basket, gondola, burner, hot air
aerostatairplane
Powered flying machine
aeroplane · jet · helicopter · rotorcraft · glider
aerostatairplane
Powered flying machine
jet aircraft · fighter jet · airliner · seaplane · spacecraft
status, static, aerosol, airship, aeroplane, aeronautics, stat, aero, aerospace