http://balloonflyers.com Hot Air Balloon Pics,Links and Videos Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:29:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The 2008 World Hot Air Balloon Championships was held at Hofkirchen, Austria See below for the opening ceremony. Of this huge World Championships httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Uv3VJ4QAY http://balloonflyers.com/competitions/world-hot-air-balloon-championships-2008.php January 18, 2003: US adventurer Steve Fossett and his wife Peggy smile during the opening day of the Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau d'Oex. http://balloonflyers.com/news/human-remains-found-at-fossett-plane-crash-site-times-of-malta.php Staunton had a love affair with flight long before it became a practical and commercial success. In the 1830s, for example, residents frequently amused themselves by constructing small paper balloons, inflating them with hot air and sending them up at night adorned with candles for illumination. http://balloonflyers.com/news/balloon-adventure-was-a-bust-in-1843-the-staunton-news-leader.php Balloon pilot, Bill Clemens takes Creston News Advertiser reporter Sean Giza for a ride over Creston to kickoff the 2008 Southwest Iowa Hot Air Balloon Races. http://balloonflyers.com/news/balloon-ride-over-creston-creston-news-advertiser.php This is a weekend filled with East Tennessee fun. The Pellissippi State Hot Air Balloon Festival, held at Pellissippi State Technical Community College's Hardin Valley Road campus, continues 4-10 p.m. today. Admission is $5, children ages 5 and younger are admitted free. Tethered balloon rides, arts and crafts, music and ... http://balloonflyers.com/news/playtime-sep-27-knoxville-news-sentinel.php Hot air balloonists from around the globe convene each October at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The 2008 event takes place October 4-12, 2008. http://balloonflyers.com/news/37th-annual-albuquerque-international-balloon-fiesta-marks-225th-anniversary-of-first-manned-balloon-flight-pr-newswire-via-yahoo-finance.php The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta unofficially got underway this morning with Albuquerque Aloft, an event where Balloons launched from 32 elementary schools around the city. http://balloonflyers.com/news/balloon-fiesta-unofficially-underway-kob-tv-albuquerque.php Win a trip in a hot air balloon! Win a fabulous evening hot air balloon flight and see your garden from a different angle. Your News & Star has teamed up with Grant’s Whisky to offer you and a friend a £200 flight each – and you can bag a ... http://balloonflyers.com/news/news-star-the-news-and-star.php Schools Across the City to Participate in 6th Annual Albuquerque Aloft Hot air balloons will launch from 32 Albuquerque Public Schools on Friday, Oct. 3, for the sixth annual Albuquerque Aloft. The event is part of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. http://balloonflyers.com/news/aps-paticipates-with-albuquerque-aloft-kob-tv-albuquerque.php The Plano Balloon Festival coordinators were gracious enough to offer a free hot air balloon ride to Festival sponsors and members of the media. Two photographers and I were chosen to represent the Plano Star-Courier. http://balloonflyers.com/news/up-up-and-away-in-a-hot-air-balloon-plano-courier.php