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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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hot air balloon

Summary

hot air balloon is an aircraft type[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of aircraft_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (524 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • hot air balloon received the state aircraft of New Mexico[3].
  • hot air balloon's instance of is recorded as aircraft type[4].
  • hot air balloon is a type of balloon[5].
  • hot air balloon's Commons category is recorded as Hot air balloons[6].
  • hot air balloon comprises gondola[7].
  • hot air balloon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hot air balloons[8].
  • hot air balloon's Commons gallery is recorded as Hot air balloon[9].
  • hot air balloon's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[10].
  • hot air balloon's described by source is recorded as Online Tourism Encyclopedia[11].
  • hot air balloon's hashtag is recorded as HotAirBalloon[12].
  • hot air balloon's P14470 is recorded as Objects/Hot_Air_Balloon[13].

Body

Recognition

hot air balloon received the state aircraft of New Mexico[3].

Works and Contributions

Things named for hot air balloon include Globus Aerostaticus[14], a former constellation[15], founded in 1798[16].

Why It Matters

hot air balloon ranks in the top 4% of aircraft_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (524 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for it include Globus Aerostaticus[14], a former constellation[15], founded in 1798[16].

FAQs

What awards did hot air balloon receive?

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

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . 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.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . 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. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 4d ago · XRay · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hashtag → HotAirBalloon
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2572]]: HotAirBalloon"
  2. 5w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/Hot_Air_Balloon
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Objects/Hot_Air_Balloon, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  3. 15w 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 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 2732, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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