Drachen
German word meaning “kite”, often used like the contraction of “Drachenballon” (balloon kite).
Indicate a tethered balloon of lengthened form and equipped with an empennage, which was used during the First World War for the observation . Developed at the origin by German August von Parseval, they were employed in the two camps. The drachen were deployed close them lines to allow the adjustment of the shootings of artillery and the monitoring of the movements of the enemy.
They constituted a notable progress on the spherical balloons used before, in the sense that they could go up higher and especially to function even by important wind (in fact, a minimum of wind was required, from where their name).
The French equivalent is the word “sausage”, although the German word was also used by the hairy ones.
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