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    A kytoon or kite balloon is a tethered aircraft which obtains some of its lift dynamically as a heavier-than-air kite and the rest aerostatically as a...
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    War. Kites were also used for anti-aircraft target practice. Kites and kytoons were used for lofting communications antenna. Submarines lofted observers...
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    hybrid airship or by tethering in the wind like a kite, as a Helikite or kytoon. The Allsopp Helikite is a combination of a helium balloon and a kite to...
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    wind by kites, aerostats, airfoil matrices, balloons, bladed turbines, kytoon, tethered gliders sailplanes Hydroelectricity Hydrogen economy Hydrogen...
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    virtual or real wind blowing over and under them to generate lift and drag. Kytoons are balloon-kite hybrids that are shaped and tethered to obtain kiting...
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    novel thrust / lift solutions (e.g. coleopter, Flying Bedstead, Avrocar and flettner airplane) or balloon-wing hybrids (e.g. kytoon and hybrid airship)....
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    novel thrust / lift solutions (e.g. coleopter, Flying Bedstead, Avrocar and flettner airplane) or balloon-wing hybrids (e.g. kytoon and hybrid airship)....
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    The Allsopp Helikite is a type of kite-balloon or kytoon designed by Sandy Allsopp in the United Kingdom in 1993. This Helikite comprises a combination...
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    United States in using nuclear weapons to excavate large amounts of earth. Kytoon balloons were used on Indian Springs Air Force Base, Nevada, April 20, 1952...
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    novel thrust / lift solutions (e.g. coleopter, Flying Bedstead, Avrocar and flettner airplane) or balloon-wing hybrids (e.g. kytoon and hybrid airship)....
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    laser. Kites and helicopters come down when there is insufficient wind; kytoons and blimps may resolve the matter with other disadvantages. Also, bad weather...
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    novel thrust / lift solutions (e.g. coleopter, Flying Bedstead, Avrocar and flettner airplane) or balloon-wing hybrids (e.g. kytoon and hybrid airship)....
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    novel thrust / lift solutions (e.g. coleopter, Flying Bedstead, Avrocar and flettner airplane) or balloon-wing hybrids (e.g. kytoon and hybrid airship)....
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    airship, such balloons are often called blimps. A hybrid tethered balloon or kytoon is shaped to provide aerodynamic lift similar to a kite, as well as to reduce...
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    novel thrust / lift solutions (e.g. coleopter, Flying Bedstead, Avrocar and flettner airplane) or balloon-wing hybrids (e.g. kytoon and hybrid airship)....
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    Kayak Kite * Inflatable single-line kite * Leading edge inflatable kite Kytoon Medical devices Adjustable gastric band Balloon catheter Personal flotation...
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    novel thrust / lift solutions (e.g. coleopter, Flying Bedstead, Avrocar and flettner airplane) or balloon-wing hybrids (e.g. kytoon and hybrid airship)....
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    arrangement. These are called kite balloons. A kite balloon is distinct from a kytoon, which obtains a portion of its lift aerodynamically. Unmanned hot air balloons...
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    in 1944, emphatically changed the kite airscape for inflatable kites. Kytoons and balloon kites are inflatable kites. Kites sometimes combine ram-air...
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    novel thrust / lift solutions (e.g. coleopter, Flying Bedstead, Avrocar and flettner airplane) or balloon-wing hybrids (e.g. kytoon and hybrid airship)....
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    Expanded polystyrene kite Fighter kite Indoor kite Inflatable single-line kite Kytoon Man-lifting kite Rogallo parawing kite Stunt (sport) kite Water kite The...
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    novel thrust / lift solutions (e.g. coleopter, Flying Bedstead, Avrocar and flettner airplane) or balloon-wing hybrids (e.g. kytoon and hybrid airship)....
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    The lighter-than-air balloon kite is the kytoon, which is aloft whether or not the wind blows. When the kytoon is not kiting, it floats aloft as a pure...
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    novel thrust / lift solutions (e.g. coleopter, Flying Bedstead, Avrocar and flettner airplane) or balloon-wing hybrids (e.g. kytoon and hybrid airship)....
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    novel thrust / lift solutions (e.g. coleopter, Flying Bedstead, Avrocar and flettner airplane) or balloon-wing hybrids (e.g. kytoon and hybrid airship)....
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    novel thrust / lift solutions (e.g. coleopter, Flying Bedstead, Avrocar and flettner airplane) or balloon-wing hybrids (e.g. kytoon and hybrid airship)....
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    novel thrust / lift solutions (e.g. coleopter, Flying Bedstead, Avrocar and flettner airplane) or balloon-wing hybrids (e.g. kytoon and hybrid airship)....
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    the 50-knot speed sailing record. Pontoon paravane (analogy to air-kite kytoon kite) used in seismic array investigations. Paravanes are used for sampling...
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    novel thrust / lift solutions (e.g. coleopter, Flying Bedstead, Avrocar and flettner airplane) or balloon-wing hybrids (e.g. kytoon and hybrid airship)....
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    novel thrust / lift solutions (e.g. coleopter, Flying Bedstead, Avrocar and flettner airplane) or balloon-wing hybrids (e.g. kytoon and hybrid airship)....
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