Hot air balloons offer breathtaking sights and a sense of adventure. However, pilots can't just land them anywhere, and ...

The first hot-air balloons drew huge crowds, inspiring onlookers to cry, laugh, even faint. One witness wrote, “Since these exhibitions, there seems to prevail a kind of aerial phrenzy among us ...

Hot air ballooning can feel a little intimidating, even for experienced travelers – especially when you’re placing your trust ...

A hot-air balloon has caught fire and tumbled from the sky in Brazil’s southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people ...

Gizmag The Personal Blimp from Skyacht Aircraft made its maiden voyage in late October, and although the company calls it a blimp, it's essentially a steerable hot-air balloon.

China has insisted that the U.S just downed an off-course balloon. U.S. officials say the balloon's flight path over sensitive installations was no accident. How can we tell who is telling the truth?

If an airship uses hot air, as balloons do, you can just let the air escape at the end of each flight, fold up the envelope and store it. "I want to fix the world of the blimp," Nachbar says.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — A hot-air balloon caught fire and tumbled from the sky on Saturday in Brazil ’s southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people, firefighters said.

Perfect weather welcomed Saturday's start of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, where more than 500 hot-air balloons will lift off.

A pilot is dead and 19 tourists are injured after a hot air balloon crashed in Turkey, on the same morning that 12 people were injured in a separate crash, according to reports.

December 12, 2006 Skyacht Aircraft has created a whisper quiet, steerable, Personal Blimp capable of sustained and affordable flight. Under development for four years, the first Personal Blimp ...

A tourist hot-air balloon caught fire mid-air in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Sunday, killing eight and injuring 13. The balloon’s basket ignited, forcing passengers to jump from the skies ...