A good use for a barrage balloon
 

A nice way to use the balloons:

"A barrage balloon tethered to a drifter as part of British coastal defences, circa 1943. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) "

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"April 1940: A barrage balloon attached to a drifter, part of coastal defences in WW II. (Photo by A. Cook/London Express/Getty Images) "



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1943:
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must have been like a Nantucket sleigh ride
when a gale came up :-P