Friday the 13th at Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiesta

[tinman3804]

Wow. There clippin along pretty good...

[SaddeningEmoChild]

hi everyone, just to let you know, at .36 the red blue and yellow balloon is Bruce Wood, My father, i'm actully in the balloon with him at the time.

[realestatewebdesign]

cool event....great video of it

[koreachinajapan]

I've never seen and ridden hot air ballon. so, I really wish to ride it.

[acastillo999]

haha! This is soo awesome. My mom and dad would love to see these wonderful balloons. :]

[B3ATKING]

:) i live over here in Bernalillo New Mexico, which is a few miles from Albuquerque. all the balloons fly over my house every year :). they are bad ass, but today one crashed into power lines a few miles from my house and we heard the sound all the way from my house. the basket and the balloon separated and the balloon part stayed flying for miles and miles... on fire. one person died :( and the other one was injured badly.

[sbmrunning]

saw it on cnn today!

[maskedrider1009]

We were chasing at that time. Didn't see it happen but it's really scary when you hear the news report on the radio and you're out chasing & trying to follow your balloon.

[greenhawk46]

nice job on this video

[dmbucsfan]

just a little info for everyone at 1:47 the pilot with the red blue and yellow balloon behind the guy grabbing for the pole his name is Sam Edwards also at 3:46 the pilot with the red blue and white balloon with the arrows pointing up and down that is johnny petrehn. I know most of you dont care but I thought I would put that out there for people who want to know

[BalloonPilotLV]

Great Video! How fast was the wind that day? Wow!

[HotAirTV]

There is no way to "steer" a balloon except climbing and descending to pick up different wind directions at different altitudes. Balloons drift whichever direction the wind takes them. Competitions such as these challenge pilots to seek out the proper wind directions that will get them to the target.

[phantomsfire980]

Albuquerque has a box wind doesn't it

[mutt300]

yes we have a box..it doesnt always work but its does alot

[xmykro]

how do they steer a hot-air balloon horizontally? Is there controls/flaps for that?

[Damfino83]

Great video! Since I've moved from Albuquerque I really miss the Balloon fiesta, especially since it always fell on or near my birthday :) Hopefully I can get back there soon and maybe do a keygrab! If it's on Friday the 13th, all the better... muahaha.

[MRK95]

expert pole handler? .....ohh god

[Capillarysantistevan]

at 1:45 that guy nearly fell out of the damn balloon!

[shusuke22]

i live in albuquerque I go to every balloon festa i crew for 2 balloons I have been in them 20 times (move here!!!)

[MRK95]

albuquerque rocks! i live there too!

[Lyrinda]

Expert piloting! And super videography! Brings back fond memories.... I remember the time we LOST our balloon in the champagne bubbles of Fiesta.....

[braiscelme]

Great video! Thanks for posting it.

[IrishHopper]

I cringe everytime I see that video (I was the guy in the Hopper with the Irish flag). Had I been in a basket, I'd have been able to reach the envelope!

[Goin4it454]

I have flown keygrab many times. Great video

[hotairballoonfanatic]

awesome video that is cool how they grab the prizes off the pole

[knahm]

Cool vid. A few rough touch-downs!

[guardchica]

I saw two of my pilots balloons in this! They didn't get anything though. It's still cool to see them on here! Thanks for posting!

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