How hot air balloons fly, where they came from, the people who fly them and the records they have set.
Hot air ballooning is the oldest form of human flight, and it's full of surprises. Here are some of our favourite facts, from the animals that flew first to the records set hi...
Andrew Holly, from Bristol, has recently completed a challenge, successfully flying over 48 US states in 33 days, breaking the current record of 11 states in the same time per...
Lindstrand Technologies Ltd has announced that it will restart production at a Shropshire factory. The move will restore 19 local jobs that were recently lost in the closure ...
The virtual reality headgear manufacturer Oculus VR has developed a program that simulates a hot air balloon flight over a mountainous environment. In the virtual reality gam...
Taitung County is now the home of Taiwan’s first school for training hot air balloon pilots. The Sky Rainbow centre currently has eight licensed instructors, who were trained...
For a hot air balloon pilot, the working day starts long before the balloon leaves the ground, and often before the sun is up. Here's what a pilot's day looks like, from check...
Most hot air balloons have the familiar upside-down teardrop shape, but some of the most memorable balloons look nothing like that. Special-shape balloons have been built as h...
The first people to fly in a hot air balloon took off from Paris on 21 November 1783, in a paper-lined balloon built by the Montgolfier brothers. But the idea of using hot air...
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