“This is a complex shape; it’s really big. It’s really heavy,” said Ultra Magic, Director of Operations, John Petrehn. Meet ...

Smokey Bear weighs roughly 750 pounds. The weight of a normal teardrop-shaped hot air balloon is 250 to 300 pounds. Special ...

Bill Nye Died in a Balloon Accident refers to humorous social media posts which falsely claim that American television host ...

I took a hot air balloon ride over the Arizona desert and it was an alluring experience — and unlike anything else I’ve ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A hot-air balloon struck and collapsed a radio ... in the path of the collapsed tower. In 2004, a balloon shaped like the face of Smokey Bear got wrapped around a radio ...

A hot air balloon in Albuquereque, New Mexico, plummeted to the ground after it struck a radio tower during a popular festival, briefly catching fire. Kevin Carhart, a spokesperson for the ...

But it wasn’t all smooth sailing for this year’s hot air balloon event. One balloon partially caught fire Saturday after hitting power lines and landing at a construction site in northwest ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WKRC/KRQE/CBS Newspath) - A hot air balloon crashed into a radio tower. A hot air balloon collided with KKOB’s radio tower, causing it to collapse in Albuquerque’s North ...

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — They’re a crowd favorite every year at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. This year, 106 special shapes are at the event, with 16 first-timers.