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2. List of ballooning accidents - Wikipedia

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   List of ballooning accidents. This is a list of ballooning accidents by date. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various accidents that involved manned balloons, such as Montgolfiere hot-air balloons, Charlière gas balloons, or Rozière gas and hot-air hybrid balloons. This list does not include accidents involving other types ...

3. List of hot air balloon festivals - Wikipedia

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   Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival. Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, the largest gathering of hot air balloons in the world. Balloons flying above the Ancient Castle of Ferrara during the Ferrara Balloon Festival. Balloons flying during the Penang Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in George Town, Penang in 2017.

4. All Ohio Balloon Festival - Wikipedia

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   The All-Ohio Balloon Festival is an annual hot air balloon showcase held at the Union County Airport in Marysville, Ohio. In addition to hot air balloons, the event hosts rides in helicopters, airplanes, and balloons; live music; and food in addition to various activities for kids. [1] Other attractions include skydivers and pets for adoption.

5. Hot air ballooning - Wikipedia

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   Hot air ballooning is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying hot air balloons. Attractive aspects of ballooning include the exceptional quiet (except when the propane burners are firing), the lack of a feeling of movement, and the bird's-eye view. Since the balloon moves with the direction of the winds, the passengers feel ...

6. Ed Yost - Wikipedia

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   Ed Yost. Paul Edward Yost (June 30, 1919 – May 27, 2007) was the American inventor of the modern hot air balloon and is referred to as the "Father of the Modern Day Hot-Air Balloon." [ 1] He worked for a high-altitude research division of General Mills in the early 1950s until he left to establish Raven Industries in 1956, along with several ...

7. Hot air balloon struck Indiana power lines, burning 3 people ...

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   A hot air balloon struck power lines before crashing to the ground over the weekend in northwestern Indiana, injuring the pilot and the two passengers, officials said Tuesday. The balloon ...

8. Hot air balloon - Wikipedia

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   The hot air balloon is the first successful human-carrying flight technology. The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight in the world was performed in Paris, France, by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on November 21, 1783, [1] in a balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers. [2]

9. Photos: Hot-air balloons take flight in dazzling display at ...

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   This year's festival hosts a new innovation: Near Spacecraft, a new balloon with a closed cabin that can fly over 65,000 feet in the air (a commercial plane's cruising altitude is around 30,000 ...