During this inflation process, the massive balloons are secured down with netting so they don’t fly away. Wright explained to NBC New York that it takes around eight hours to inflate the whole ...

"I can't help it. I know I'm evil, but it makes me chuckle," she wrote on a picture of her daughter's balloon flying away. After she posted two more photos zooming in closer to her daughter's face ...

There's even a place in Albuquerque, New Mexico where when the conditions are right, pilots can fly in a box ... doesn't take away from the magic of watching hot air balloons fill up as the ...

Activities are scheduled for Friday, June 21 from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, June 22 from 3 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Organizers say you’re also welcome to watch the balloons fly away on Sunday ...

Such balloons typically operate at 80,000 and 120,000 feet - with airliners normally flying around 40,000 feet. And unlike satellites, which require space launchers that cost hundreds of millions ...

Organizers don’t expect to make a decision about the festival’s future until the balloon flying season ends in October, Teitsworth wrote. The good news: Balloons won’t be disappearing from ...

For most people, taking a hot-air balloon ride is a beautiful and oftentimes romantic excursion. But for those doing the actual flying, it's a lot of hard work. While reporting on Richard Branson ...

The balloon landed safely and the animals were unharmed. So later that year, Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier became the first human being to fly up and away from the ground. Rian: Amazing! Look Auntie ...

"For the pilots, it’s all business. We're focusing on navigation, flying, and trying to stay away from other balloons so that they don't have any spectators." Denni explained that the hot air ...