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Avorio-Prassone kite balloon

Avorio-Prassone kite balloon
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.


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