1950- Swedish balloonist who completed a balloon flight across the Atlantic and set balloon altitude and distance records. Lindstrand served for a short time as an engineering officer in the Swedish Air Force, at which time he began ballooning as a...

With the balloon, the Montgolfier brothers brought flight to humans, initiating an era of fun and experimentation. Within a dozen years, there were scientific expeditions, competitions, recreational excursions, and military applications—a...

The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology, dating back to its invention by the Montgolfier brothers in Annonay, France in 1783. The first flight carrying humans was made on November 21, 1783, in Paris by...

Balloons are fun, and they can be used for many things. Children play with them. Clowns twist them into funny shapes. Scientists use them to study the weather and air high in the sky. People even use them for travel. Early Ballooning...

When Saturday morning rolls around, ten-year-old Nicholas Behrmann doesn't take it lying down. He crawls out of bed before the sun comes up, slips on layers of warm clothing, and heads into the open sky in a hot-air balloon. It's still practically...

The operators of the hot air balloon that caught fire in a spectacular crash that killed a mother and daughter have suspended operations as authorities investigate the accident, a company official said.Fantasy Balloon Charters is waiting for Canada's Transportation Safety Board to determine how a...

Paul "Ed" Yost, considered the father of modern hot-air ballooning for a successful three-mile trip on a propane-powered balloon, has died. He was 87.Yost died Sunday at his home in New Mexico, according to a statement from his son.According to the National Balloon Museum in...