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aerostat

aircraft which is lighter than air and primarily gains lift through use of bouyant gas
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Summary

aerostat is an aircraft lift class[1]. aerostat draws 2,946 Wikipedia views per month (aircraft lift class category, ranking #8 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Operator: United States Navy[3]
  • Subclass of: aircraft[4], inflatable[5]
  • Commons category: Aerostats[6]
  • Opposite of: aerodyne[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Aerostats[8]
  • Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
  • Has characteristic: lighter-than-air[12]
  • Less than: air[13], surroundings[14]

Why It Matters

aerostat has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] aerostat is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . 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. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0229771-letadla-lehci-nez-vzduch
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0229771-letadla-lehci-nez-vzduch, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  2. 23w ago · Putnik · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → aircraft, inflatable
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → aerostatas
    Described by source → Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Opposite of → aerodyne
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: aerostatas"
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