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- Definição1
- A lighter-than-air craft that can be either a balloon or an airship. It normally refers to the former. It is buoyant in atmosphere up to a height at which it displaces air equal to its mass. It is normally tethered and carries a payload consisting of radar, communications, or other observation devices.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
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- Aircraft
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- lighter-than-air aircraft
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- aeróstato
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