(1) The Observation Balloon: This is provided with a basket for one or more observers who are connected by telephone with the ground and can thus signal the results of artillery fire to the battery concerned and perform other types of observation.
The first observation balloons in the Civil War were constructed by Thaddeus Lowe at Fair Oaks, Virginia. This 1862 Mathew Brady photograph shows Lowe, the dark figure to the right of the balloon, checking the ropes.
Observation balloon [120][121] The kytoon is a true kite when in flight in an appropriate moving stream of material, fluid, gas, or air; the kytoon is also a true balloon.
* KITE BALLOON BALPH H. UPSON. 1916.(A) * Kite Balloon. Upson. 1916.
 See also: Balloon, Parachute, Direct, Speed, Wind
  
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