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, ...

Every fall, hundreds of hot air balloons dot the early morning skies above Albuquerque. For people who’ve lived here their entire lives, it’s a familiar sight. But not everyone stops to ponder how the ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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 ...