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hot air ballooning

Summary

hot air ballooning is a type of sport[1]. It draws 214 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_sport category, ranking #208 of 435).[2]

Key Facts

  • hot air ballooning's instance of is recorded as type of sport[3].
  • hot air ballooning is a type of aviation[4].
  • hot air ballooning is a type of air sports[5].
  • hot air ballooning is a type of ballooning[6].
  • hot air ballooning's Commons category is recorded as Ballooning[7].
  • hot air ballooning's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ballooning[8].
  • hot air ballooning's uses is recorded as balloon[9].
  • hot air ballooning's practiced by is recorded as balloonist[10].

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Definition and Type

hot air ballooning's instance of is recorded as type of sport[3]. Recorded subclass of include aviation[4], air sports[5], and ballooning[6].

Why It Matters

hot air ballooning draws 214 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_sport category, ranking #208 of 435).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → —
    Uses → balloon
    Instance of → type of sport
    Practiced by → balloonist
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553883705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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