Customers requested that desirable signatures be found, or, more fancifully, the addition of horses and hot air balloons.
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Attendees recited the Pledge of Allegiance and sang the national anthem, and some children released balloons into the air.
Until Tuesday's incident, the deadliest accident in recent memory happened in 1989, when 13 people were killed as two hot air balloons collided in Australia.
Until Tuesday's incident, the deadliest accident in recent memory took place in 1989, when 13 people were killed after two hot air balloons collided in Australia.
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He expressed the idea of connections by incorporating imagery like telephone wires and hot air balloons, and shooting couples instead of individuals like Lopez and Marcos had.
New York City is depicted in several mid-19th-century lithographs whose bird's-eye views suggest that their respective artists captured the scene from hot-air balloons, the most advanced aeronautical technology of the time.
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Heck, we'll lend the FORBES Highlander and hot-air balloons.
Because of the perceived helium shortage, in summer 2012, the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team planned to suspend a 50-year tradition in which the team launched red balloons into the air to celebrate the team's first touchdown at every home game.
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (October 6-14): What started in 1972 as a local radio station promotion to round up the most hot air balloons in one place has become the world's largest ballooning gathering and, boast organizers, the most photographed event anywhere.
The motor is guaranteed to last for five years, and the firm estimates over its lifetime it should be able to pump the equivalent amount of air needed to fill 26 million party balloons.
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Unlike a conventional hot air balloon where the height is controlled by a burner, the gas balloons are filled with hydrogen and controlled by releasing gas to go down and throwing out ballast to go up.
Fueled by Albuquerque's crisp fall climate and predictable air currents that allow balloonists to control their flights, the Balloon Fiesta attracts some 700 balloons from more than 50 countries.
Comparing it to a previous hot air balloon experience in another country, Michel noted that there was no safety briefing before the Luxor balloons lifted off the ground, but added that he felt safe during the trip.
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