HOW THEY’RE ASSEMBLED AND HOW THESE AIRCRAFT WORK. PILOTING HOT AIR BALLOON IS A TEAM SPORT USUALLY A CREW WHO LOVES THOSE EARLY MORNING AND SOME GOOD FLYING CONDITIONS. MOTHER NATURE MUST WORK ...

The commercial hot air balloon he flew on Thursday had a volume of 315,000 cubic feet and could hold up to 16 people. He said the smaller, one-man balloons — called cloud hoppers — have much ...

A dozen or so hot air balloons, some 1,600 feet above ground level, scattered a sky that soon would fill with hundreds of more balloons for the 52nd Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

But it wasn’t all smooth sailing for this year’s hot air balloon event. One balloon partially caught fire Saturday after hitting power lines and landing at a construction site in northwest ...

WE’LL STAY ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATIO A hot-air balloon hit a radio tower causing it to collapse near Balloon Fiesta Park on Friday morning. Here's everything we know -- and what we don't know ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WKRC/KRQE/CBS Newspath) - A hot air balloon crashed into a radio tower. A hot air balloon collided with KKOB’s radio tower, causing it to collapse in Albuquerque’s North ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A hot air balloon knocked over a radio tower west of Balloon Fiesta Park Friday morning. According to the FAA, three people were on board, including the pilot. They were able ...

A hot-air balloon hit a radio tower in New Mexico, causing the tower to collapse.The tower collapsed shortly after balloons lifted off for day 7 of Albuquerque's Balloon Fiesta. KKOB Radio says ...

A series of dangerous mishaps happened during the popular hot air balloon festival in New Mexico this year. One included the collapse of a radio tower after one of the hot air balloons collided ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A hot-air balloon struck and collapsed a radio tower Friday in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during the city's famous festival — the second time in 20 years that a balloon has ...