Built of fabric and wicker
A hot-air balloon: a coated nylon envelope, stainless-steel cables, and a wicker or aluminium basket under a propane burner.
3 of the model families on this list are built this way, 741 aircraft on the register between them; the largest is the Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 with 345, then the Aerostar International Inc RX 8 (213).
Biggest model families aircraft on the register
Balloon Works FIREFLY 7345Aerostar International Inc RX 8213Balloon Works FIREFLY 8183
All 3 families with notes where the construction changed
Connections how this material links to the rest of the register
Model families
- Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 345 registered
- Aerostar International Inc RX 8 213 registered
- Balloon Works FIREFLY 8 183 registered
Makers
- Balloon Works 565 aircraft on the register
- Aerostar International Inc 825 aircraft on the register
Other materials
- Aluminium 137 model families
- Steel tube and fabric 30 model families
- Aluminium with composite parts 30 model families
- Composite 21 model families
- Carbon fibre and plastic 21 model families
- Steel tube and aluminium 15 model families
- Steel tube, wood and fabric 9 model families
- Fabric wing and steel frame 1 model families
These connections as data: /graph/material/balloon.json · about the eFlight graph.
The FAA's register does not record construction; this list is written by hand from the makers' descriptions and the type certificate data sheets, which remain the authority for any one model. Connections as data: /graph/material/balloon.json.