The first successful flight of a hot-air balloon took place in the fall of 1783. No humans were aboard that day for the 15-minute flight. Now, people can fly thousands of miles for days at a time ...

Thousands of people of all ages have flocked to the first night of Doncaster’s colourful Balloon Festival. Town Fields was a sea of colour and noise as a string of hot air balloons sailed ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent ... tourists in Egypt board hot air balloons in the southern city of Luxor. Khaled Desouki / AFP The day before, in the ...