Ballooning is an ancient sport which dates back to 1784, when the hot air bag invented by the Montgolfier brothers made its first man-carrying flight from the gardens of the Tuileries in the presence ...

ACTION SEVEN NEWS AT TEN STARTS RIGHT NOW. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. THAT BREAKING NEWS, A BALLOON IN THE GORDON BENNETT GAS BALLOON RACE HAS CRASHED INTO POWER LINES NEAR CRANDALL, TEXAS. THIS ...

The University Balloon Race Scholarship Committee has been in existence since 1986 and has awarded scholarship funds since the early 1990s. The University Balloon Race Scholarships have been ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - The Great Texas Balloon Race is coming back to Longview. And the man who started it all is still competing, although, he admits now, he has a little help. At 82, Bill Bussey ...

THE CENTER OF THE TARGET. AND THERE ARE STILL TWO MORE BALLOON EVENTS. THE GREAT BALLOON GLOW TONIGHT AND THE GREAT BALLOON RACE TOMORROW MORNING. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JAY CARDOSI. ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY ...

EVERY YEAR. THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY IS RESERVED FOR THE RUN FOR THE ROSES. BUT THE LAST SATURDAY IN APRIL HOSTS ANOTHER COMMUNITY TRADITION. THE DERBY FESTIVAL IS KIND OF THE GRANDFATHER OF ALL ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For the first time in 15 years, elite gas balloon pilots will gather in the United States for the oldest, most prestigious race in aviation at Balloon Fiesta. The 2023 ...

A gas balloon participating in a cross-country race crashed in Texas Monday night after it hit a power station and exploded, injuring two. Photos provided to FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth show the ...

A chance to see or even ride hot air balloons is coming up in Galena. On Friday June 20 through Sunday June 22, the Great Galena Ballon Race will be at Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa (444 Eagle Ridge Dr., ...

The first Great Balloon Race in Louisville took place on April 28, 1973, as part of the Kentucky Derby Festival. Louisville's first Great Balloon Race on April 28, 1973, was nearly a high-flying ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. There are many ways to mark the slow turn from summer to fall. But in St. Louis, you simply have to look up. Watching colorful ...