Human Interest at PEOPLE. His work has previously appeared Audacy's 1010 WINS and NewsBreak. AP Photo/Andres Leighton A hot air balloon pilot's drug use contributed to a 2021 crash in New Mexico ...

But the fun of hot air balloon festivals doesn't stop there ... race starts not with a pistol shot or air horn, but with a human cannonball stunt, where record-holding Davis "The Bullet" Smith ...

The event was part of the Rochester Education Foundation's SMILE program, which focuses on providing hands-on learning ...

Never before had a human, let alone a duck ... De Rozier's experimental system consists of a hydrogen balloon and a hot air balloon tied together. Tragically, the craft explodes half an hour ...