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| aerostat |
an aircraft, such as a balloon or dirigible, that is lifted and held aloft by a gas that is lighter than air. |
| airborne |
having taken to the air; aloft. [1/2 definitions] |
| helicopter |
a type of aircraft held aloft and propelled by horizontally rotating blades attached to its top side. |
| Saint Elmo's fire |
a visible electrical discharge from a pointed object aloft, such as a ship's mast or church spire, sometimes seen during an electric storm. |
| sonde |
any of various devices, esp. a radiosonde, sent aloft by rocket or balloon to measure atmospheric conditions. |
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