UNDERWAY NOW: RUSH-HOUR RACE Balloon pilots from across the country gather in Louisville for the Great Balloon Race and the Balloon Glow. Twenty-five pilots will take to the skies Saturday morning for ...

The first Great Balloon Race in Louisville took place on April 28, 1973, as part of the Kentucky Derby Festival. Louisville's first Great Balloon Race on April 28, 1973, was nearly a high-flying ...

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta attendees will notice something big missing at this year’s event: the America’s Challenge Gas Balloon Race won’t be taking place. “Due to timing of the FAI ...

The Great Reno Balloon Race (GRBR) will soon send upwards of 100 balloons into the morning skies. The only balloon with exclusive permission to launch away from the festival’s Rancho San Rafael ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - The Great Texas Balloon Race is coming back to Longview. And the man who started it all is still competing, although, he admits now, he has a little help. At 82, Bill Bussey ...

Hot air balloons decorated the sky Friday morning during the Great Balloon Rush-Hour Race.WLKY NewsChopper flew alongside the balloons! Watch some of the footage in the player above. The balloons took ...

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Great Reno Balloon Race announced Sunday, Sept. 7, the event will expand from three days to four in 2026. “This expansion is a direct reflection of the growing enthusiasm for ...

ST. LOUIS – The sky will be filled with hot air balloons when the annual Great Forest Park Balloon Race returns to St. Louis. The free event will take place on September 20 and 21 in Forest Park’s ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The 53rd annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta will not feature the gas balloon races initially on the 2025 event schedule. According to Balloon Fiesta organizers, the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- People can enjoy three days of an annual balloon festival in Louisville. Kentucky Derby Festival will host the L&N Federal Credit Union Great BalloonFest from Thursday ...