List of balloon uses

• tiny
• *balloon catheter
• *balloon tamponade
• *Graphene balloons
• small
• *gas balloon
• *cluster ballooning
• *Talking balloon
• *toy balloon
• *water balloon
• *papier-mâché
• *balloon modelling
• *decoration
• *solar balloon
• *balloon mail as part of a balloon flight competition or to spread information
• *balloon helicopter
• *balloon rocket, demonstration of rocket propulsion
• *ceiling balloon
• *decoys accompanying ICBMs in midcourse, see also countermeasure
• *A vessel for storing nitrous oxide prior to inhalation for use as a recreational drug
• medium
• *free flying
• **high-altitude balloon
• **hopper balloon
• **fire balloon for the transport of bombs
• **transport of propaganda
• **ceiling balloon
• **weather balloon used with a radiosonde
• *fixed
• **for carrying advertising signs
• **to carry a radio antenna
• **toy balloon
• **research balloon
• **Skyhook balloon
• **superpressure balloon
• *other
• **balloon tires, for vehicles that require low ground pressures
• large is inflated at Royal Victoria Park, Bath, England
• *free flying
• **balloon
• ***lifting people, or daring prison escapes, usually with a hot air balloon, Rozière balloon or a gas balloon
• **airship, a steerable balloon
• **hybrid airship, which combines characteristics of heavier-than-air technology, fixed-wing aircraft or helicopter, and lighter-than-air, aerostat technology.
• **research balloon with instrumentation, also to carry telescopes
• **rockoon, a carrier for rockets.
• **balloon satellite for space research.
• **espionage balloon for military reconnaissance
• **hopper balloon
• *fixed
• **as manned observation post
• **barrage balloon
• **observation balloon for military reconnaissance
• **positioning atomic bombs for bomb tests in the atmosphere
• ** moored balloon