Hot air balloons offer breathtaking sights and a sense of adventure. However, pilots can't just land them anywhere, and ...

A scheduled media flight for the Hot Air Jubilee was canceled due to weather but pilots in the women's championship chose to ...

Here’s A Top Hot Air Balloon Festival Near You. Top hot air balloon festivals are held in various U.S. (and Canada) locations, each offering something different, especially its scenery.

Each cubic foot in a hot air balloon can lift about 7 grams. To lift 1,000 pounds, you would need 65,000 cubic feet of hot air, which is part of why hot air balloons are so big, according to an ...

In Dawn McKenzie’s free time, she soars high above the ground in a hot air balloon, as she has since she got her FAA-issued ballooning license when she was 19.

Hot air balloons do not typically float up to such great heights. “Balloons don’t normally fly above 18,000 feet,” says Andrew Baird, the general manager of Cameron Balloons US , the balloon ...