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2. Balloonfest '86 - Wikipedia

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   The 1988 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes the event as a world record "largest ever mass balloon release", with 1,429,643 balloons launched. [10] [11] Guinness no longer measures balloon releases. [12] Balloonfest '86 was the subject of the 2017 short documentary film Balloonfest. [13]

3. Taunggyi Hot Air Balloon Festival - Wikipedia

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   Myanmar people holding lanterns to attach to the wall of the Hot Air Balloon. Hot-air balloons hold a significant role for Myanmar people. They are very expensive to build and it takes about 5 to 6 months to prepare the balloons before the competition. The participants spend a lot of time and money on decorating the balloons with paints and ...

4. Hot air ballooning - Wikipedia

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   Hot air balloon event. 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 ...

5. Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta - Wikipedia

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   The Balloon Fiesta is a nine-day event occurring in the first full week of October, and has over 500 hot air balloons each year, far from its beginnings of merely 13 balloons in 1972. [1] The event is the largest balloon festival in the world, followed by the Grand Est Mondial Air in France, and the León International Balloon Festival in ...

6. List of hot air balloon festivals - Wikipedia

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   Hot air balloon festivals are held annually in many places throughout the year, allowing hot air balloons operators to gather- as well as for the general public- to participate in various activities.They can include races; evening "night glows", or "glowdeos" (in the US), in which balloons are fired while remaining tethered to the ground; and rides.

7. World Hot Air Ballooning Championships - Wikipedia

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   The World Hot Air Ballooning Championships are the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Hot Air Balloon Championship and the FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship. These biennial events for hot air ballooning are conducted under the direction of the FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA or Comité International d'Aérostation ).