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hot air balloon

lighter than air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air
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Summary

hot air balloon is an aircraft type[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of aircraft type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,620 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: state aircraft of New Mexico[3]
  • Subclass of: balloon[4]
  • Commons category: Hot air balloons[5]
  • Has part(s): gondola[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hot air balloons[7]
  • Commons gallery: Hot air balloon[8]
  • Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[9], Online Tourism Encyclopedia[10]
  • Hashtag: HotAirBalloon[11]
  • P14470: Objects/Hot_Air_Balloon[12]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for hot air balloon include Globus Aerostaticus[13], a former constellation[14], founded in 1798[15].

Why It Matters

hot air balloon has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for it include Globus Aerostaticus[13], a former constellation[14], founded in 1798[15].

FAQs

What awards did hot air balloon receive?

Honors received include state aircraft of New Mexico[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 58
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'bew', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv', 'cy', '
    Harper's tag → hot-air-balloons
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: hot-air-balloons, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289933195|hot air balloons (#289933195)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  2. 7w ago · XRay · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hashtag → HotAirBalloon
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Hashtag: HotAirBalloon"
  3. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/Hot_Air_Balloon
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Objects/Hot_Air_Balloon, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → balloon
    Has part(s) → gondola
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 2732, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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