ATLANTA (AP) – A hot-air balloon pilot who died after taking skydivers up for a jump in Georgia was desperately trying to evade a sudden thunderstorm by climbing over it, federal safety investigators ...
I SPOKE WITH A FORMER FIREFIGHTER WHO RECALLS THAT DREADFUL DAY. IT HAS BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE SMOKEY BEAR STRUCK THE 670 FOOT RADIO TOWER JUST WEST OF BALLOON FIESTA PARK. THERE WAS A MEDEVAC HELICOPTER ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A hot-air balloon struck and collapsed a radio tower Friday in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during the city's famous festival — the second time in 20 years that a balloon has come into ...