The invention of the balloon struck the men and women of the late 18th century like a thunderbolt. Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, ...

The idea was a nod to the hot air balloon invented by the Montgolfier brothers, the 18th century French aviation pioneers, that was launched in 1783 from the Tuileries gardens. In a year of political ...

Dozens of yellow and black balloons drifted into the sky as family and friends remembered her life in honor of what would have been her 18th birthday. “She always had a smile on her face ...

The caged duck looked down as terra firma slowly drifted away. Above the duck, a balloon, constructed of paper and fabric, provided the lift necessary to carry aloft the duck and its companions ...