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This year’s World Hot Air Balloon Championship is coming up in just a few days. After the delays caused by the pandemic, it will finally take place in Slovenia, starting September 16.
KLTV’s Jamey Boyum talks with Hot Air Balloon Pilot Collin McClung about why he moved from Albuquerque to Longview a few months ago, and dealing with this morning’s shifting winds.
LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - KLTV’s Jamey Boyum takes to the skies in a practice flight for the coming Great Texas Balloon Race with race founder Bill Bussey, who usually doesn’t take passengers in his ...
RACING BALLOON CHECKED.; The United States, Hurled Back Fifty Miles, Makes New Start. Share full article. Nov. 18, 1908. Credit... The New York Times Archives.
Balloon racing is nothing new in Arkansas, but it's always something memorable. At 6:30 a.m. June 23, 2012, 14 colorful hot-air balloons took flight over Maumelle during the third of five ...
Two pilots from Poland are hospitalized after their racing balloon crashed into a power line and caught on fire in Kaufman County Monday evening. The crash happened at about 7:25 p.m. in the 4300 ...
Navy engineer and two-time balloon racing national champion Jimmie Craig won when he touched down in a horse farm south of Okolona, about 400 yards from where the lead balloon had landed.