King of Balloons honoured more than 200 years later
The first hot air balloon pilot in England has recently been honoured, over 200 years...
Category - Hot Air Balloon Pilots
British balloon enthusiast smashes World Record
Andrew Holly, from Bristol, has recently completed a challenge, successfully flying over 48 US states...
South Carolina school welcomes hot air balloon to assembly
A school in Fort Mill, South Carolina, had an unusual assembly recently, featuring a hot...
Russian explorer to travel the world in a hot air balloon
A well known adventurer from Russia is planning to travel around the world in a...
Veteran balloonist to start building again in Shropshire
Per Lindstrand, the adventurer famous for the first crossing of the Atlantic in a hot...
Balloonist to revive Oswestry factory
Lindstrand Technologies Ltd has announced that it will restart production at a Shropshire factory. The...
Paragliding pair jumpstart stunt from balloon
A couple of paragliding enthusiasts have launched themselves from a hot air balloon at 14,700...
Record-breaking balloon journey ends in success
Early morning on Sunday 25th January, an experienced ballooning team took off from Saga, Japan,...
Endurance balloonist reaches for new world record
A Canadian extreme balloonist, Dr Sandra Rolfe, recently completed another long-haul hot air balloon flight...
Short film commemorates hot air balloon record
In a recent video, Sir Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand recall crossing the transatlantic for...
First licensed hot air balloon school opens in Taiwan
Taitung County is now the home of Taiwan’s first school for training hot air balloon...
Senior pilot makes hot air balloon flight below ground
Ivan Trifonov, 70, recently piloted his hot air balloon down into the 675ft Mamet Cave...