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2. 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 ).

3. Balloon Federation of America - Wikipedia

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   The National Balloon Museum is a non-profit museum that is located in Indianola, Iowa. It was founded in 1975 in short term locations, later gaining a permanent location in 1988. [6] All of the museum's exhibits are about hot air ballooning and gas ballooning. [7] The museum is in the shape of a hot air balloon's gondola. [7]

4. 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.

5. Bristol International Balloon Fiesta - Wikipedia

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   The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is an annual four day free festival of hot air ballooning in Bristol, England. Teams from the UK and other parts of the world bring their hot air balloons to the site and participate in mass ascents where as many as 100 balloons may launch at a time. Location of Ashton Court, where Fiesta takes place

6. National Balloon Classic - Wikipedia

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   The National Balloon Classic is an annual hot air balloon festival held at the Memorial Balloon Field in Indianola, Iowa. The classic is a nine-day event with nearly 100 hot air balloons. The classic is a nine-day event with nearly 100 hot air balloons.

7. 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]

8. 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 Mexico.

9. Michigan Challenge Balloonfest - Wikipedia

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   The Michigan Challenge Balloonfest is an annual hot air balloon festival established in 1985 and held in Howell, Michigan during the last weekend of June. [1] The event draws crowds from all over Michigan and its surrounding states, with attendance often topping 100,000 over the three-day weekend.