During the Arizona Balloon Classic, observers can see up to 25 hot air balloons of different sizes and shapes, such as a koala. The festival, put on by Arizona Events Group, is in its 11th year ...

Here's what to know about hot air balloons in Arizona, including what makes the Grand Canyon State ideal for ballooning and why you see so many balloons in the cooler months.

ELOY, Ariz. — A group of skydivers jumped from a hot air balloon floating over the Arizona desert just moments before it crash-landed Sunday, leaving four of its remaining passengers dead and ...

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 ...

Police in Eloy, Ariz., said on Facebook “a hot air balloon crash-landed in the desert area east of Sunshine Blvd.” Sunday morning shortly before 8 a.m. (FOX 10) ...

The impact, Powell said, took place in "the world's largest drop zone" for skydivers. Eloy police identified the pilot of the hot air balloon as Cornelius Van Der Walt, 37, a resident of Eloy who ...

Four people were killed Sunday morning when a hot air balloon crashed in Arizona, police said.. The balloon came down around 7:50 a.m. local time in the desert area east of Sunshine Boulevard and ...

— A hot air balloon took to the skies over Eloy, Arizona Sunday suddenly crashing, killing four, and injuring one. One of the four was 28-year-old Chayton Wiescholek from Union City.

Four people were killed Sunday morning in a tragic hot air balloon crash in Eloy, Ariz., about 65 miles northwest of Phoenix, police said. One person involved remains in critical condition.

ELOY, Ariz. — A group of skydivers jumped from a hot air balloon floating over the Arizona desert just moments before it crash-landed Sunday, leaving four of its remaining passengers dead and ...