Talk:Tethered balloon

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Moored balloons in science fiction[edit]

Moored balloons are commonly used in science fiction, though they are often envisioned as having a vacuum based displacement rather than helium; doing such appears to require the construction of a very large craft or the use of super-strong rigid materials. Moored balloons of fiction are typically not tied to the ground, but rather remain stationary through the use of propulsion systems and internal sensors and controls.

I have been unable to find any reference to vacuum balloons in sci-fi out there, I'm happy to be proved wrong. Jmackaerospace 00:09, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disambig?[edit]

I propose to change this to a disambig page for:

Are there any objections? Biscuittin (talk) 23:43, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done (no objections received). Biscuittin (talk) 22:18, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Recommend renaming "Moored" to "Tethered"[edit]

Moored means it is docked on the platform. While all Aerostats and balloons can be in this configuration at some time it is not the "usual" place where one would find them. There are two states for balloons, moored and aloft. All of the balloons mentioned in this article are tethered balloons (unless I'm mistaken). Therefore, it would only make sense to rename the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.255.195.66 (talk) 15:38, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. I agree with your proposal, though for slightly different reason, Yes, airships often loaded and unloaded via "mooring masts", but a long balloon tether is often also described as a "mooring cable" and it may be said to be "moored" as much as it is said to be "tethered", so the article title is not wrong as such. OTOH the idea of a "tethered airship" is rare. So I'd say that a "tether" is a mooring cable used while the balloon is at altitude and to control the altitude. This article is not about low-altitude mooring towers etc, so yes, the less general Tethered balloon makes more sense. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 16:16, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have merged in the disambig content from Tethered balloon and made that page a redirect, in preparation for the move. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 11:52, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Advertising[edit]

It used to be that case that advertising slogans were not allowed to be designed in to a balloon. The owner's name could be, and balloons could be made in novelty shapes, so typically a commercial company would make a balloon shaped like their product and with their name and logo on it, as this was technically not advertising. Advertising as such, by carrying signs, slogans, etc., required licensing specific to a particular event. I do not know if that is still true today? — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 13:44, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"Moored balloon/Archive1" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Moored balloon/Archive1 and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 December 30 § Moored balloon/Archive1 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Regards, SONIC⁶⁷⁸ 05:52, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]