It's been four days since a Brazilian priest lifted off into the air, harnessed to hundreds of brightly colored helium balloons. Reverend Adelir Antonio de Carli was staging the flight as a fundraiser ...

In the Pixar movie Up, a man lifts his house up and away using a huge bundle of colorful balloons. Real-life "cluster ballooners" attempted last weekend to break the world record for longest tandem ...

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 ...

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 ...

James Sutherland, from left, Kevin Cyrus, Rich Sutherland and Joe Barbera check out a helium-filled balloon that will be part of Sunday's unmanned test flight. Barbera's goal is to pilot a much bigger ...

YORK HARBOR, Newfoundland (AP) — 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 ...

The FAA classifies a cluster balloon as an unpowered ultralight, along with hang gliders and parasails; pilot’s licenses are not required. The Experimental Aviation Association describes those flying ...

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 ...

Last May 28, Jonathan Trappe became the first person to fly across a major body of water—the English Channel—while strapped to a cluster of balloons. Flight preparations had begun at midnight, ...