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

The Qatar Balloon Festival, the fifth edition, is making a return with over 50 hot air balloons from 21 countries featuring ...

The fifth edition of this much-anticipated event is set to be the most spectacular yet, with over 50 hot air balloons from 21 ...

Below is a list of the new special shapes: This year, the new special shape balloons will also share the air with the event’s first-ever pilot from North Macedonia. Borche Paunovki will be ...

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.

A hot-air balloon hit a radio tower in New Mexico ... second tower is structurally stable," Harris said. In 2004, a balloon shaped like the face of Smokey Bear got wrapped around a radio tower ...