After a rather heavy landing Briggs vowed, with George Powell, not to go within miles of a kite balloon outfit for a very long time.
22.
The recommendation for decoration noted that Jenkins had flown some very effective ground attack missions during early November, and mentions a victory over a German kite balloon.
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A round balloon is unstable and bobs about in strong winds, so the kite balloon was developed with an aerodynamic shape similar to a non-rigid airship.
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*1912 The Austro-Hungarian submarine U-5 tows a kite balloon, apparently to determine the best coloration for submarines to avoid detection while underwater.
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These were quickly replaced by more advanced types, known as kite balloons, which were aerodynamically shaped to be stable and could operate in more extreme weather conditions.
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Commonly the designs were kite balloons, having a shape and cable bridling which stabilise the balloon in windy conditions, allowing operation in higher winds than a spherical balloon.
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He served with a kite balloon section of the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War and went on to work in Time Flies " in 1944.
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The ship was converted to a kite balloon storeship in 1915, during World War I, and her name was changed to HMS " Valiant III ".
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Returning from the kite balloon to the ship at the end of a long day was a reverse of the boarding procedure with the added risks of darkness and weariness.
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He did become a balloon buster for his next win, shooting down a French kite balloon from " 33e Compagnie de Aerostiers " on 11 April 1918.
