A hot air balloon is a basket carried by a great bag of heated air. Go up in a hot air balloon.
There is no steering at all, so the pilot changes height to find a wind going the right way. A hot air balloon flies at dawn or dusk, because the air in the middle of the day is too rough.
1nounhot air balloonA basket carried by a great bag of heated air.
“The hot air balloon landed in a field of surprised cows.”
hot air balloon is an aircraft.
Practised in Vehicles & Machines