Air Force veteran and Orlando, Florida, native Joe Kittinger, then 56, set out to beat the Double Eagle II's record and fly ...

In 1862, at a time when interest in ballooning was still at its height, two Victorian men began a flight to make a series of ...

The experience was glorious. As we rose higher and higher, we gazed down at sun-speckled Ponderosas and across the horizon as ...

Pilatre de Rozier, the world's first balloonist, is killed in his attempt to cross the channel. De Rozier's experimental system consists of a hydrogen balloon and a hot air balloon tied together.

Green Lantern just received a steampunk reimagining that has redefined his flight powers, and there might also be a major ...

U.S. Air Force Col. Joseph Kittinger, an internationally renowned pilot and balloonist, will be laid to rest at Arlington ...

A British explorer has taken off from a baseball field in the US for his second attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open-basket hot air balloon. David Hempleman-Adams, 46, gently climbed ...

The 75th anniversary of a stately home being open to the public will be celebrated with a series of hot air balloon night ...

Nominated for the National Book Award in 1977, The Balloonist is reissued alongside Herma, a novel on opera and flight set in early 20th-century San Francisco and Paris, featuring a foreword by ...

Fun was on the rise Saturday at Forrest County Multipurpose Center for the 2024 Hub City Hot Air Balloon Festival.