IMTS HOT AIR BALLOON SCHEDULE

If there is one thing anyone who attended IMTS remembers, it is the fantastic balloon that appeared in the front lawn of McCormick Place. Catch the IMTS Balloon at one or all of the balloon festivals listed below:

On the Waterfront
Rockford, Illinois
September 4-6, 2010
www.onthewaterfront.com

IMTS
Chicago, Illinois
September 13-18, 2010

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Albuquerque, New Mexico
October 2-10, 2010
www.balloonfiesta.com

The IMTS Balloon in action. This video footage was taken in Michigan in June, 2010. Much of the work in hot air ballooning is at the beginning and end of a flight. See how a hot air balloon is launched from unpacking the balloon envelope, all the way to take off.