At 10 Kite Balloon Section RFC, sent up its balloon, which stayed up all night. In 1915 she was chartered by the Admiralty as a kite balloon ship. "Patriot" was fitted to carry a kite balloon. On the day when "Shenandoah" crashed, Settle was training alone in a captive kite balloon. Since 16 September he has to his credit four enemy machines and one kite balloon. She was also equipped to handle a kite balloon around this same time. To avoid this problem, the kite balloon was developed. Around the same time, the ship was modified to use a kite balloon. They were spotted at dawn from a kite balloon as they were getting into position. An observer in a kite balloon deployed by "Patriot" spotted a surfaced U-boat at 07&colon;00. A kite balloon is streamlined to make it stable in strong winds. Later that year, "Emperor of India" was equipped with equipment to handle a kite balloon. VII Corps (Lieutenant-General Thomas Snow) was given 8 Squadron with and 5 Kite Balloon Section. "Moon", "Mounsey" and "Musketeer" were each fitted to carry a kite balloon. On 8 August 1918, he attacked an enemy kite balloon over Vitry-en-Artois.