"Albuquerque continues to play host to the world's largest annual ballooning event."
"The allure of ballooning lies in its simplicity - heated air, less dense than the surrounding air, rises and allows the balloon to ascend in the direction the wind blows."
"She knew then that her greatest adventure and her biggest achievement would come in a balloon."
"The sea of clouds was dreamlike, especially in the silent moments between the blasts of fire lifting us further and further up."
"Like all in the race, the Swiss team had problem after problem, but pilot Bertrand Piccard remained determined to launch his Breitling Orbital balloon."
"What I like in ballooning is this way to play with the winds, to be pushed by the winds, not to be able to control absolutely everything like we try to do in our usual life."
"The balloon itself had an air time of approximately 10 minutes, reaching an estimated altitude that was between 1,600 meters and 2,000 meters."
"It is officially time for mass ascension at the 51st annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta."
"It's the biggest gathering in the entire world for balloonists and balloon enthusiasts."
"Come on out and see us. We have a beautiful week of weather coming up and we are all excited to share the experience of ballooning with you."
"What an amazing world it is that we live in, and how ballooning does help you to make friends."
"We are celebrating the 50th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta."
"The Albuquerque International Balloon Festival is a world in itself."
"This is Mecca for hot air balloons."
"The normal is the extreme here; it's God's country for balloonists."
"We even took to the skies on board the most popular balloon on site, where we had our most high-octane experience yet."
"The ballooning culture has been around for much longer than people think."
"Balloons started to show up again, particularly in New Mexico, which melded a bit of its own culture with ballooning."
"There's at least a hundred ballooners out there."
"Ballooning is, in the final analysis, a very social sport."
"The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is by far the most highly recognized ballooning event in the world."
"They'll begin to rise into the pre-dawn skies to show us the way and what direction the winds will take all of our balloons today."
"What's really cool is when you're in the balloon and you can look up to the top."
"We've got the box winds, it's just perfect for ballooning."
"Welcome to the 51st Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta."
"Once you have the balloon cold packed as full of cold air as you can get it, then you heat the air, and that's what makes the balloon stand up."
"More heat then makes the balloon lift off the ground."
"It tends to breathe in and out, and that's when you'll see the pilot try to time his burns."
"This is the only ballooning event in the world that does live streaming of this nature."
"It's a great way for young people to get involved and start to learn about the physics of balloon flight."
"You're everything with that little RC balloon; you're the pilot, you're the crew, you can be the builder, you can be the designer."
"Balloons are kind of a unique animal in the fact that they can wander wherever the wind takes them."
"With hot air ballooning, you can easily abort a landing; you just burn, get yourself out of problems."
"It's not over until the last balloon lands."
"If you're in the lead and you land, you always have that possibility of the second place team being able to fly just that much further to get past you."
"The only steering that you have on a balloon is your ability to climb or descend."
"There's something about the magic of literally just hanging in the sky and going where the wind takes you."
"RC ballooning is a great way for young people to get involved and start to learn about the physics of balloon flight."
"We're halfway through the week, and so that means we're back to another Mass Ascension Day on Flight of the Nations."
"Hundreds of balloons and hundreds of thousands spectators converge on this grassy 80 acre field to be part of the largest ballooning event in the world."
"The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is now in its 50th year."
"Inviting you to defy gravity, which we do every day here at the 51st Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta."
"We actually are able to fly balloons in Albuquerque probably on the average of 300 days a year."
"We were really excited to have the 66th Gordon Bennett here in Albuquerque, launching right off of Route 66."
"We're going to be talking more about youth and getting involved in the sport of ballooning."
"There's a lot of educational curriculum that can be built around hot air ballooning."
"The largest balloon that was ever flown successfully... It's still the world record."
"We want to inspire the love of ballooning for the next generation."
"It's an honor to be part of not only the Public Safety Services but also in ballooning and bringing those two together."
"We're trying to do this for high altitude ballooning."
"We are very fortunate to be up in the sky ships balloon this morning, enjoying the sunrise."
"It's very peaceful up there and watching them inflate is a sight to behold."