An curved arrow pointing right. Hot-air balloons have been around for centuries. They're certified aircraft for those looking to take the slow and scenic route, but owning one can set you back ...

In 1783, hot air balloons became the first viable option for people to explore the world from the sky. In the years since then, balloon flight technology has evolved from cloth balloons and open ...

Nothing quite compares to witnessing a mass ascension at dawn, when hundreds of colorful hot air balloons lift off the ground and fill the sky above. But the fun of hot air balloon festivals doesn ...

Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, carrying the first human beings into the air in the closing months of 1783.The excitement quickly ...

Imagine you're at a hot air balloon event. The balloonists are busy preparing for flight. They spread out the enormous balloons on the grass and check all the lines. The talk is all about today's ...

But it wasn’t all smooth sailing for this year’s hot air balloon event. One balloon partially caught fire Saturday after hitting power lines and landing at a construction site in northwest ...

Lighter-than- air balloons can provide the lift required to carry people, and in 1783 the Mongolfier brothers flew a hot air balloon that was filled with lower density heated air prior to being ...

In the 1970s, the U.S. Air Force asked Boeing ... the first rudimentary landing arresting system consisting of ropes, sandbags, and a secondary failsafe catch in the form of a canvas awning.

A hot air balloon in Albuquereque, New Mexico, plummeted to the ground after it struck a radio tower during a popular festival, briefly catching fire. Kevin Carhart, a spokesperson for the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WKRC/KRQE/CBS Newspath) - A hot air balloon crashed into a radio tower. A hot air balloon collided with KKOB’s radio tower, causing it to collapse in Albuquerque’s North ...

WE’LL STAY ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATIO A hot-air balloon hit a radio tower causing it to collapse near Balloon Fiesta Park on Friday morning. Here's everything we know -- and what we don't know ...