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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Those were the parting words from Jim Barnes after we had landed a hot air balloon in one of his and his wife Janice's cow pastures near their Enumclaw home. The history of ballooning dates back to ...

World View plans to develop a balloon system to carry tourists and scientists to the edge of space. That system will operate under a commercial license from the FAA's Office of Commercial Space ...

Hot air ballooning across the U.S. makes summer lift-offs magical, from sunrise over vineyards to mountain-peaked panoramas and festive flight shows. Let’s ignite that longing to rise above the ...

This Oct. 9, 2017, image provided by Cheri White shows Cheri White and pilot Mark Sullivan flying their gas balloon during a long-distance competition. It’s been 15 years since the world’s elite gas ...

The New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning will be grounded in 2024. One of the state’s premier summertime attractions, the high-flying, three-day event at Solberg Airport in Readington is being ...