Barrage balloons were used by many countries in WW2, including Britain and the U.S., and played a vital role in the Normandy ...

What started as a childhood dream for a Pennsylvania man became a historic balloon launch in Presque Isle on Wednesday night.

It’s September 12th, 1918, and at the controls of his SPAD S.XIII fighter sits 2nd Lieutenant Frank Luke. He’s about to take down his first German observation balloon. The Germans have been using ...

With the recent government staffing cuts, there has been a need to indefinitely suspend radiosondes at three upper-air stations.

The St. Pius X High School Amateur Radio Club formed in January 2024, and on May 6, club members showed the school’s other ...

Hydrogen and Hot Air Balloon Aviation has a long, curious history in nations around the world for military and other purposes.

including hydrogen leaking from a pipe and the controlled bursting of hydrogen-filled balloons in a room. They even mounted the sensor on a drone and flew it through an area with a hydrogen leak.

Nearly a century after the Hindenburg, a new generation of airship companies says they have a greener alternative for tourism and cargo flights.