List of balloon uses
# List of balloon uses

This is a list of uses of balloons

* tiny
   * balloon catheter
   * balloon tamponade
   * Graphene balloons
* small (volume of a few litres)
   * gas balloon
   * Balloons as DecorationsBalloon Drop
   * 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 (volume of tens to thousands of litres)
   * free flying
      * high-altitude balloon
      * hopper balloon
      * fire balloon for the transport of bombs (in World War II, FUGO-Balloon)
      * transport of propaganda (in World War II and in the Cold War)
      * ceiling balloon
      * weather balloon used with a radiosonde
   * fixed
      * for carrying advertising signs
      * to carry a radio antenna
      * toy balloon
      * research balloonResearch Balloon
      * Skyhook balloon
      * superpressure balloon
   * other
      * balloon tires, for vehicles that require low ground pressures
* large (volume up to 12,000,000 litres) A hot air balloon is inflated at Royal Victoria Park, Bath, England
   * free flying
      * balloon (aircraft)
         * 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 (HTA) technology, fixed-wing aircraft or helicopter, and lighter-than-air (LTA), 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 (before World War II)
      * barrage balloon
      * observation balloon for military reconnaissance
      * positioning atomic bombs for bomb tests in the atmosphere
      * moored balloon
