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The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a yearly hot air balloon festival that takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during early October. 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 ...
Oct. 4—Every October, hundreds of hot air balloons fill the New Mexico skies for Balloon Fiesta. Although there's nothing like experiencing the Balloon Fiesta up close and personal on the field ...
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.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The state fair is over, but Expo New Mexico is still full of events during Balloon Fiesta and throughout the month of October. Expo New Mexico General Manager Dan ...
The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta has brought colorful displays to the New Mexico sky in an international event that attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators every year. The event ...
Balloon Fiesta may refer to the following: Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta; Bristol International Balloon Fiesta; Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta; Saga International Balloon Fiesta (in Japan) Saxonia International Balloon Fiesta; For a complete list of balloon festivals, see Hot air balloon festival
The skies over New Mexico are be filled with balloons as the area kickstarts celebrations for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Other events across the week will include a gas balloon ...
Ben Abruzzo and Maxie Anderson most notably crewed the Double Eagle II balloon in 1978, the first gas balloon to complete a transatlantic flight. Abruzzo and Anderson stretched the limits of ballooning and air travel until their untimely passings in 1983, and are honored for their excellence and history with ballooning here in Albuquerque. [1]