Somewhere in Skamania County, an unmanned balloon cluster slipped its high-tech leash Sunday. “We hope somebody finds it and gives us a call,” said Joe Barbera, a member of the team that launched the ...

CARIBOU, Maine — Hundreds of multicolored balloons used Thursday to launch a balloonist for a trans-Atlantic crossing look like a page taken from the script of the movie “Up.” Instead of using a ...

YORK HARBOR, Newfoundland — A balloonist who was trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean using hundreds of helium-filled balloons landed short of his goal in Newfoundland. Jonathan Trappe reported that he ...

Jonathan Trappe used 300 helium-filled balloons%2C like those used in in the movie %27Up%27 He%27d worked on the trans-Atlantic crossing for 2 years He left from ...

Ah, the stately hot air balloon. Not really useful for all that much except for having a grand old time floating around the skies, it's still a marvel of simple physics. Fill a giant balloon with air.