The whole world watched Thursday as a lighter-than-air craft set loose by a 6-year-old boy floated above eastern Colorado.

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT 530. WELCOME BACK. THE NATIONAL BALLOON CLASSIC IN INDIANOLA IS STILL ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AWAY, BUT NEW AT 530. KCCI’S NICOLE TAM MET A NEWLY LICENSED PILOT EXCITED TO COMPETE ...

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 ...