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Oops! Engagement ring falls from balloon during proposal
Burton :: MI :: USA | 27 days ago
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James Ng was all set to�"pop the question" on a surprise hot air balloon ride with his fiancee, until the symbol of their love fell 500 feet into the woods below. The 26-year-old pastor of a small Geauga County church had it all planned . He would hide...
Tags: air balloon
'People still refer to me as Balloon Boy'
Denver :: CO :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility But at least one man reckons "Balloon Boy" is trying to steal his "thunder", and his moniker: Dan Nowell, the man originally dubbed Balloon Boy after he was caught up, undesirably, in a hot air balloon flight in the 1960s. Mr Nowell was 11 when a hot...
Tags: balloon boy, Dan Nowell, Mr Nowell, air balloon, hot air
Larimer County releases slimmed-down 2010 budget
Fort Collins :: CO :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The proposed $290 million budget is 1.8 percent lower than the original budget adopted for 2009 and 8.7 percent lower that the revised budget for the year. The county budget is modified extensively during the course of a year as unanticipated revenue...
Tags: balloon, boy, Larimer County Sheriff's Department, Fort Collins, floating away, air balloon, experimental aircraft, old boy
Hot air balloon crashes in China, killing 4 Dutch
Beijing :: China | about 1 month ago
Credibility A hot air balloon crashed Wednesday in a southern Chinese resort town with dramatic limestone formations, killing four Dutch tourists, state media said. A fifth Dutch passenger and two Chinese balloon operators were injured in the accident near Yangshuo...
Tags: air balloon, China, balloon crashing
Balloon crash in China kills four
Xinhua :: China | about 1 month ago
Credibility The balloon had only been in the air for about an hour, and was descending when it erupted into flames, the reports said. The explosion is thought to have been triggered by a gas leak. The crash occurred 30km (20 miles) south of Yangshuo in the southern...
Tags: balloon crashed, China, Yangshuo county, air balloon, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Xinhua News Agency
Pilot in fatal BC balloon crash sues makers
Vancouver :: Canada | 3 months ago
Credibility The owner-pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed into a Surrey trailer park two years ago, killing two passengers, is suing anyone connected with making or maintaining the balloon. Stephen Pennock says in his statement of claim the August 2007 accident...
Tags: hot air, air balloon
Lucknow couple ties knot mid-air
Lucknow :: India | 9 months ago
Credibility It was a `unique marriage', 70 feet above ground, where the bride and the groom exchanged nuptial vows. The desire to stand apart from the crowd motivated Dev Prashant and his bride Archana to ascend in a hot-air balloon and make their wedding unique.
Tags: air balloon
Hot air balloon crashes near Terre Haute
Terre Haute :: IN :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility One person was injured when a hot air balloon struck some power lines near the Terre Haute airport, caught fire and crashed to the ground...Chief Jeff Fisher says the pilot was attempting to use a secondary heat source to gain altitude when the balloon...
Tags: Jim Eversole, air balloon, Terre Haute
Taiwan, China sign historic agreements
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility China's top envoy Chen Yunlin (陳雲�-) and his Taiwanese counterpart P.K. Chiang (江炳坤) signed four agreements yesterday expanding direct links between the two sides. According to the agreements, direct charter flights will no longer have to pass through...
Tags: Taiwan Strait, China, hot air, vegetable prices, air balloon, Chen Yunlin
Balloon gondola falls in flames at NM fiesta
Albuquerque :: NM :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility N.M. — A witness says a balloon basket has caught on fire, separated from the rest of the balloon and crashed at Albuquerque's annual hot-air balloon fiesta. There was no word on how many people were in the balloon basket, called a gondola, or their conditions...
Tags: Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, air balloon, balloon basket, annual hot
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