On December 14, 1782, the Montgolfier brothers—Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne—set out on their first serious flight test of the lighter-than-air conveyance they had developed while researching and ...

The caged duck looked down as terra firma slowly drifted away. Above the duck, a balloon, constructed of paper and fabric, provided the lift necessary to carry aloft the duck and its companions, a ...

If it took the Wright brothers to father powered flight from *** dusty old mound in North Carolina. Then the father of hot air ballooning is *** man working out of an equally dusty old shop in ...

Competitive hot air ballooning may not be a sport you've given much thought, but it too, is feeling the chilly winds of "disruption." An app created by Australian developer Sean Kavanagh, OziTarget, ...

A lot can go wrong at 3,200 feet in the air. It's a thought that inevitably crosses your mind as your soar across the skies of Lancaster County in a glorified picnic basket, the only thing keeping you ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Competitive ballooning is all about three things: speed, precision, and planning. What exactly are pilots being judged on during a competition? Well, every competition is ...

Richard Branson owns an airline, of course, and within a matter of months he plans to head into space. But beyond that, the CEO of the Virgin Group has set world records in four modes of transport — ...

In 1832, Charles Darwin witnessed hundreds of ballooning spiders landing on the HMS Beagle while some 60 miles offshore. Ballooning is a phenomenon that’s been known since at least the days of ...

Around the world, hot air balloons are used to give tourists a spectacular view of the landscape, as well as for sport and private recreation. But, with 19 people dead after a hot air balloon crash in ...

Maybe your bucket list includes taking a hot air balloon ride. Sounds lovely. But before floating aloft, please note that coming back to Earth can hurt. Almost half of the 169 hot air balloon crashes ...