Avorio-Prassone kite balloon | |
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Avorio-Prassone balloon | |
Role | Observation balloon |
National origin | Italy |
Manufacturer | Stabilimento costruzioni aeronautiche militari, Rome |
Designer | Luigi Avorio, Eugenio Prassone |
First flight | 1915 |
Primary user | Royal Italian Army |
Avorio-Prassone kite balloon (in French Avorio-Prassone Captif) was a type of non-rigid military observation balloon, designed in 1915 by Luigi Avorio and Eugenio Prassone. The type entered into service in the Royal Italian Army and became the main domestic type of observation balloon during World War I.