On Aug. 6, 1859, 20-year-old John A. Light stood before a crowd of excited onlookers in Hagerstown’s Public Square. Several thousand people filled Washington and Potomac Streets, leaning from the ...

More than 1,000 people showed up Friday to honor missing balloonist Richard Abruzzo."Today was very difficult for the family, but very comforting to see all of Richard's friends here," brother Louis ...

KALGOORLIE, Australia - American adventurer Steve Fossett drifted into aviation history today, becoming the first person to fly a balloon solo around the world. Flying through the darkness over the ...

WARNER SPRINGS (CNS) - A British balloonist and scientist who set 79 world ballooning records died following a balloon-related accident near Warner Springs, it was reported Thursday. Julian Richard ...

Balloonist Jonathan Trappe, who was attempting to set a new world record by becoming the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean by cluster ballooning, has abandoned his effort and landed in a remote ...

A British balloonist and scientist who set 79 world ballooning records died following a balloon-related accident near Warner Springs, it was reported Thursday. Julian Richard Nott, 74, was injured ...

On an old MG convertible parked in Post Mills, a village in Thetford, someone used their finger to scratch out a message in the dust on its hood: “Blue Skies Brian! Fly High.” On a red Mazda Miata ...

On a cloudy, rainy Friday morning in Choteau, a girl, around the age of four-years-old, stood in the middle of a field. Her eyes were captured by a 33-year-old object with a capacity of 77,000 cubic ...