Sentence examples for an observation balloon from inspiring English sources
1938 Planes Shot Down in Spain ROME — Five hundred and seventy-seven airplanes, two dirigibles and an observation balloon have been brought down in Spain by Italians in the service of General Francisco Franco, it was announced today [July 12].
He intended to use them on an observation balloon.
Swiss military aviation began in 1900 with the creation of an observation balloon force.
On 1 September, King destroyed an observation balloon over Aubers Ridge.
Starting in October 1907, Elba was modified to handle an observation balloon.
On 4 February, Scott landed on the Barrier and unpacked an observation balloon which he had acquired for aerial surveys.
Ball and Villiers tried to shoot down an enemy observation balloon in their two-seater on 10 April.
In 1906, she conducted tests with coaling while at sea, and from 1908 to 1911, she was fitted with an experimental observation balloon.
Swiss balloonists were first engaged in combat on 7 October 1918, near the end of World War I, when a German airplane accidentally attacked a Swiss observation balloon stationed close to the German border and killed the observer, Lieutenant Werner Flury.
On 30 May, Malley and Cobby led their flights on a bombing mission in the Lys region, after which they each destroyed a German observation balloon over Estaires.
They shot down a helium-filled observation balloon and spotted for ships conducted shore bombardments.
