Possible Clues:

• Colonel returns one pound to provost
• David Low's cartoon colonel - airship used for publicity
• It's often seen over a bowl
• Pompous type - barrage balloon
• Craft from Akron, Ohio
• Black floppy balloon
• The stupid colonel cannot march properly in the end or in the air
• Small nonrigid airship
• Goodyear has one
• Start to blow, taking floppy balloon