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
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 * 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 balloonScientific Balloon (10747927973).jpg
 * Skyhook balloon
 * superpressure balloon
 * other
 * balloon tires, for vehicles that require low ground pressures
 * large (volume up to 12,000,000 litres) [[image:yellow.balloon.inflation.arp.jpg|thumb|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