Hudson Hot Air Affair, the premier winter ballooning event and winter festival in the Midwest, is an annual event. This years ...

KRQE News 13 spoke to Paul Petrehn who has been a balloon pilot since 1995 and was the director of the Balloon Fiesta from 2015 to 2017. Petrehn said purchasing a new hot air balloon can cost between ...

Nothing quite compares to witnessing a mass ascension at dawn, when hundreds of colorful hot air balloons lift off the ground and fill the sky above. But the fun of hot air balloon festivals doesn't ...

In 2023, nearly a million people experienced the wonder of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Jim Preston There were more than 120 special-shape balloons at last year’s Fiesta, including ...

To Albuquerque now, where under a desert sky, hundreds of pilots ready themselves to be lighter than air. At dawn, they'll lift off in hot air balloons, painting the October sky in a wash of color.