1 00:00:01,339 --> 00:00:10,150 >> PAT? >> WHAT DO YOU WANT? 2 00:00:10,150 --> 00:00:12,310 >> I AM READY FOR THE BALLOON FEST. 3 00:00:12,310 --> 00:00:13,850 I'VE GOT THE BALLOONS, I'VE GOT OUR PASSES. 4 00:00:13,850 --> 00:00:16,299 I HAVE OUR HATS AND I'M READY TO GO. 5 00:00:16,299 --> 00:00:19,990 I LOVE BALLOONS. HELIUM, MYLAR, THE KIND YOU 6 00:00:19,990 --> 00:00:21,990 TWIST INTO ANIMALS. I CAN'T WAIT. 7 00:00:21,990 --> 00:00:55,699 >> IT IS WAY TOO EARLY. THIS IS INCREDIBLE! 8 00:00:55,699 --> 00:01:00,360 >> THIS IS THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FEST AND 9 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:04,569 THIS IS MASS ASCENSION. >> THIS IS STEM IN 30. 10 00:01:04,569 --> 00:01:16,920 >> I GOT TO CATCH A RIDE. >> WELL, THIS IS STILL COOL. 11 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:50,479 WOO-HOO! >>> THIS IS STEM IN 30. 12 00:01:50,479 --> 00:01:58,380 >>> HI I'M COMING TO YOU TODAY LIVE FROM THE NATIONAL AIR AND 13 00:01:58,380 --> 00:02:02,119 SPACE MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C. I JUST GOT BACK FROM THE 14 00:02:02,119 --> 00:02:05,659 INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA IN ALBUQUERQUE NORTH CAROLINA, AND 15 00:02:05,659 --> 00:02:08,770 IT WAS PIN CREDIBLE! WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I USE 16 00:02:08,770 --> 00:02:12,239 TO CREW FOR HOT AIR BALLOONS: I HAD SEEN SEVERAL-THEM IN THE AIR 17 00:02:12,239 --> 00:02:15,900 AND I EVEN FLEW ONE. BUT NOTHING PREPARED ME FOR 18 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:21,019 ALBUQUERQUE. IT WAS VISUALLY OVERWHELMING. 19 00:02:21,019 --> 00:02:24,569 MY COHOST, BETH WILSON, WHO'S NORMALLY HERE WITH ME IS STILL 20 00:02:24,569 --> 00:02:27,310 IN ALBUQUERQUE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING LIVE TO HER IN A FEW 21 00:02:27,310 --> 00:02:28,780 MINUTES. BUT FIRST I WANT TO WELCOME YOU 22 00:02:28,780 --> 00:02:35,040 GUYS. THESE GUYS HAVE GREAT QUESTIONS 23 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,540 THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASKING TODAY AND FOR ALL OF YOU 24 00:02:37,540 --> 00:02:40,959 WATCHING TODAY ON TV OR ONLINE BE SURE TO SUBMIT THOSE 25 00:02:40,959 --> 00:02:43,590 QUESTIONS. WE HAVE AN EXPERT STANDING BY 26 00:02:43,590 --> 00:02:46,489 DOWNSTAIRS READY TO ANSWER THOSE. 27 00:02:46,489 --> 00:02:50,010 ARE YOU READY TO HEAD BACK TO ALBUQUERQUE TO BETH AND TOM 28 00:02:50,010 --> 00:02:54,739 CROUCH? >> YES. 29 00:02:54,739 --> 00:02:58,209 >> IT'S A GREAT PARTY. THANKS A LOT. AND I'M JOINED BY 30 00:02:58,209 --> 00:03:03,459 CURATOR TOM CROUCH, AND WE ARE STILL LIVE UNTIL ALBUQUERQUE AT 31 00:03:03,459 --> 00:03:08,719 THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA. TOM, WE HAVE A 32 00:03:08,719 --> 00:03:11,760 GREAT VIEW OUT THIS WINDOW. DO YOU WANT TO TELL TELL US 33 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:16,830 WHERE WE'RE STANDING? >> WE'RE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE 34 00:03:16,830 --> 00:03:21,409 INTERNATIONAL BALLOON MUSEUM. RIGHT HERE ON THE EDGE OF THE 35 00:03:21,409 --> 00:03:25,020 FIESTA GROUNDS. >> AND THE FIESTA IS STILL GOING 36 00:03:25,020 --> 00:03:27,379 ON. DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE 37 00:03:27,379 --> 00:03:32,840 HISTORY? HOW DID THAT GET STARTED? 38 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:36,959 >> WAY BACK IN 1971, THERE WAS A GUY HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE NAMED 39 00:03:36,959 --> 00:03:41,889 SID CUTTER WHO OPERATED THE LOCAL SERVICE. AND HIS MOTHER 40 00:03:41,889 --> 00:03:46,829 WAS HAVING A BIG BIRTHDAY THAT YEAR AND HE BROUGHT A HOT AIR 41 00:03:46,829 --> 00:03:50,299 BALLOON. NOW, AT THE TIME, THEY WERE 42 00:03:50,299 --> 00:03:53,510 ALMOST BRAND-NEW. THAT WAS THE FIRST BALLOON IN 43 00:03:53,510 --> 00:03:56,150 ALBUQUERQUE. AND HE DIDN'T EVEN FLY IT. 44 00:03:56,150 --> 00:04:03,540 HE USED IT T A PARTY DECORATION AND THE NEXT DAY HE WENT OUT AND 45 00:04:03,540 --> 00:04:07,970 MADE SOME OF HIS FIRST FLIGHTS WITH HIS BROTHER. 46 00:04:07,970 --> 00:04:12,469 THE NEXT YEAR A LOCAL RADIO STATION WAS HAVING AN 47 00:04:12,469 --> 00:04:16,489 ANNIVERSARY AND THEY ORIGINALLY ASKED CUTTER IF HIS BALLOON 48 00:04:16,489 --> 00:04:19,150 COULD BE PART OF IT. AND THE MORE THEY THOUGHT ABOUT 49 00:04:19,150 --> 00:04:21,381 IT THE MORE THEY THOUGHT WOULDN'T IT BE NEAT TO HAVE A 50 00:04:21,381 --> 00:04:25,210 RECORD NUMBER OF BALLOONS. WELL THE RECORD AT THAT POINT 51 00:04:25,210 --> 00:04:28,590 WAS 19. THAT HAD BEEN SET IN BRITAIN. 52 00:04:28,590 --> 00:04:31,150 SO THEY SET OUT TO BREAK THAT RECORD. 53 00:04:31,150 --> 00:04:32,720 AND THEY DIDN'T. THEY MISSED. 54 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:38,930 BUT THE NEXT YEAR THEY HAD MORE BALLOONS AND ULTIMATELY THE 55 00:04:38,930 --> 00:04:42,000 FESTIVAL REACHED OVER 1,000 BALLOONS. 56 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,711 TODAY IT'S FEWER. IT'S DOWN TO ABOUT 600 BALLOONS 57 00:04:46,711 --> 00:04:54,630 BUT EVERY OCTOBER, THE SKY OVER ALBUQUERQUE, BALLOON CAPITAL OF 58 00:04:54,630 --> 00:04:56,120 THE WORLD. >>> AND THE DAY STARTS BY 59 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:00,210 CHECKING THE WEATHER BECAUSE SOMETHING CALLED MORNING LOW, 60 00:05:00,210 --> 00:05:05,320 WHERE THEY -- AND THEY HAVE TO HEAT THE AIR UP, SO THAT'S A 61 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,790 SPECTACULAR VIEW TOO. AND THEN YOU HAVE DOG PATROL. 62 00:05:08,790 --> 00:05:15,740 >> THOSE ARE THE CUTE BALLOONS THAT GO UP FIRST IN THE MORNING. 63 00:05:15,740 --> 00:05:18,360 THEY'LL SEE WHAT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKE, WHAT THE 64 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,771 WINDS ARE DOING. WIND IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN 65 00:05:22,771 --> 00:05:25,699 BALLOONING. YOU CAN'T FLY IN A WHOLE LOT OF 66 00:05:25,699 --> 00:05:29,759 WIND. SO THESE GUYS GO UP AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING UP THERE. 67 00:05:29,759 --> 00:05:36,790 >> SO THEY'RE SORT OF THE WEATHER BALLOON AND THEN WE GO 68 00:05:36,790 --> 00:05:41,781 TO MASS ASCENSION WHICH IS ALL THE BALLOONS GOING UP AND THERE 69 00:05:41,781 --> 00:05:46,590 ARE COMPETITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, SO THE FIESTA IS REALLY AN 70 00:05:46,590 --> 00:05:48,759 ALL-DAY THING. >> IT IS. 71 00:05:48,759 --> 00:05:54,120 >> NOW, WE HAVE ACTUALLY ACCEPTED -- RECENTLY ACCEPTED A 72 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,370 BALLOON INTO THE NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM. 73 00:05:57,370 --> 00:05:59,520 DO YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT THAT? 74 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:01,840 >> WE HAVE. IT'S A LOVELY HOT AIR BALLOON 75 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:13,289 THAT'S AT THE SMITHSONIAN. AND SO YEAH WE HAVE OUR OWN 76 00:06:13,289 --> 00:06:19,400 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BALLOON. >> AND IT WAS BUILT AS AT ADAM'S 77 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,560 BALLOON COMPANY, AND WE GOT A CHANCE TO TALK TO ANDY 78 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:27,199 RICHARDSON WHO OWNS THE BALLOON COMPANY. 79 00:06:27,199 --> 00:06:34,949 SO LET'S SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. >> I'M JOINED BY ANDY 80 00:06:34,949 --> 00:06:37,520 RICHARDSON, OWNER OF ADAMS BALLOONS HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE, 81 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:41,030 NORTH CAROLINA. THANKS FOR TALKING TO US TODAY. 82 00:06:41,030 --> 00:06:43,570 YOU BUILT ALL THE BALLOONS WE SEE BEHIND US. 83 00:06:43,570 --> 00:06:45,940 >> WE DID. WE BUILT EVERY BALLOON HERE IN 84 00:06:45,940 --> 00:06:48,190 THE SHOP. >> THAT INCLUDES THE SMITHSONIAN 85 00:06:48,190 --> 00:06:51,000 BALLOON? >> YES, THAT'S OUR FAVORITE SO 86 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,520 FAR. >> AND YOU GUYS BUILD OTHER 87 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,590 THINGS HERE IN THE SHOP, RIGHTS? >> WE DO. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO 88 00:06:56,590 --> 00:07:02,230 SHOW IT TO YOU. >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 89 00:07:02,230 --> 00:07:05,919 >> OKAY. WHERE DO THE DESIGNS COME FROM 90 00:07:05,919 --> 00:07:10,909 IN. >> HONESTLY THE IMAGINATION, WE 91 00:07:10,909 --> 00:07:15,400 CAN BUILD BASICALLY ANY SHAPE. SO WHEN I WAS A KID GROWING UP 92 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,860 PETER PAN WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES AND AT THE END CAPTAIN 93 00:07:18,860 --> 00:07:22,330 HOOK'S PIRATE SHIP THAT FLIES THROUGH THE SKY, THAT WAS 94 00:07:22,330 --> 00:07:26,560 LITERALLY WHERE MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS PIGS FOR DOING A 95 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,850 FLYING PIRATE SHIP. THAT WAS WHAT GAVE ME THE IDEA. 96 00:07:29,850 --> 00:07:32,360 AND THEN IT JUST WAS SIMPLY SITTING DOWN AND DESIGNING IT SO 97 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,169 THAT IT WAS AERODYNAMIC ENOUGH TOLL FLY. 98 00:07:35,169 --> 00:07:37,429 >> HOW DO YOU DESIGN THOSE MAROONS? 99 00:07:37,429 --> 00:07:41,670 >> WE USE A CAD PARAMETER WE USE A COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT DOES ALL 100 00:07:41,670 --> 00:07:45,690 THE STRESS ANALYZE, ALL OF THE CALCULATIONS AND WE SIMPLY JUST 101 00:07:45,690 --> 00:07:48,639 FACT CHECK IT DURING THE BUILDING PROCESS TO MAKE SURE 102 00:07:48,639 --> 00:07:52,650 THAT THE COMPUTER AS TALKED TO THE PRINTER PROPERLY AND THAT IT 103 00:07:52,650 --> 00:07:55,280 COMES OUT TO THE CUTTING FLOOR SO THAT WE CAN PRODUCE THE 104 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,610 BALLOON EXACTLY HOW THE COMPUTER SAYS. 105 00:07:57,610 --> 00:07:59,930 >> THAT'S NOT HOW YOU USED TO DO THEM, THE IS IT? 106 00:07:59,930 --> 00:08:04,620 >> NO, WHEN I FIRST STARTED WE LITERALLY WOULD DO GRAPH PAPER 107 00:08:04,620 --> 00:08:09,280 AND WE HAD A SQUARE AND A 90 AND WE WOULD MANGE THE MASSIVE 108 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:12,699 PATTERNS OURSELVES ON THE TABLES AND THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS 109 00:08:12,699 --> 00:08:17,750 TOOK WEEKS, BUT NOW WE LET THE COMPUTER DO IT. 110 00:08:17,750 --> 00:08:21,259 >> I IMAGINE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF MATH INVOLVED IN THAT. 111 00:08:21,259 --> 00:08:25,449 >> THERE SURE IS. I MADE ME WISH I WORKED A LITTLE 112 00:08:25,449 --> 00:08:29,070 HARDER IN SCHOOL BUT WE GOT IT FIGURED OUT. 113 00:08:29,070 --> 00:08:31,349 >> SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE CUTTING AND SEWING INVOLVED IN 114 00:08:31,349 --> 00:08:32,349 THIS. >> YES. 115 00:08:32,349 --> 00:08:35,700 IT'S A BIG PROCESS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING 116 00:08:35,700 --> 00:08:41,209 US AROUND. >>> NOT A PROBLEM. 117 00:08:41,209 --> 00:08:49,100 >>> WE HAVE COLLECTED A BALLOON, BUT THE BALLOON MUSEUM COLLECTS 118 00:08:49,100 --> 00:08:53,360 A WHOLE BUNCH OF BALLOONS AND BALLOONING EQUIPMENT. 119 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:59,760 BUT WE DID GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE LEAD CURATOR HERE AND SHE 120 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,850 GAVE US A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF THE MUSEUM THAT WE'RE STANDING IN. 121 00:09:02,850 --> 00:09:08,060 >> HI. I'M CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS AT 122 00:09:08,060 --> 00:09:13,010 THE ANDERSON ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON MUSEUM. 123 00:09:13,010 --> 00:09:17,400 SINCE WE OPENED IN 2005 THE MUSEUM HAS HOSTED NEARLY A 124 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:22,020 MILLION VISITORS FROM ACROSS NEW MEXICO, AROUND THE COUNTRY AND 125 00:09:22,020 --> 00:09:24,840 THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF 126 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,810 ARTIFACTS, IMPRESSIVE AND INTERACTIVE EXHIBITIONS AND 127 00:09:28,810 --> 00:09:32,310 ENGAGING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MAKE IT ONE OF THE WORLD'S 128 00:09:32,310 --> 00:09:39,660 PREMIER MUSEUMS ABOUT BALLOONS. THE BALLOON MUSEUM EMPHASIZES 129 00:09:39,660 --> 00:09:43,340 SCENE OF EXPLORATION, DISCOVERY AND ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH ITS 130 00:09:43,340 --> 00:09:48,270 SUBJECT MATTER WHICH ENCOMPASSES HISTORY, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, 131 00:09:48,270 --> 00:09:53,000 ART AND CULTURE. THE BALLOON MUSEUM IS OPEN YEAR AROUND AND 132 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,900 HOSTS MANY COMMUNITY ORIENTED SPECIAL EVENTS, FEATURING UNIQUE 133 00:09:56,900 --> 00:10:00,420 ART AND ARCHITECTURE. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU HERE AT THE 134 00:10:00,420 --> 00:10:09,110 BALLOON MUSEUM. PLEASE COME BY SOON. 135 00:10:09,110 --> 00:10:10,370 >>> DO YOU WANT TO TAKE SOME QUESTIONS? 136 00:10:10,370 --> 00:10:15,310 >> SURE S. LET'S START WITH AN ONLINE QUESTION. 137 00:10:15,310 --> 00:10:19,500 HOW DO THE BALLOONS AVOID HITTING EACH OTHER? 138 00:10:19,500 --> 00:10:21,370 >> WELL. SOMETIMES THEY DO. 139 00:10:21,370 --> 00:10:25,050 WE SAY THEY KISS WITH PEOPLE WHO COME TOGETHER LIKE THIS. 140 00:10:25,050 --> 00:10:30,280 BUT IT BECOMES DANGEROUS, SO THEY AVOID IT BY JUST TRYING TO 141 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:34,120 MANEUVER SO THAT THAT KIND OF THING DOESN'T HAPPEN. 142 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:37,500 >> SO IF THEY CAN TOUCH EACH OTHER THIS WAY, WHAT HAPPENS IF 143 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:40,780 ONE GOES UP UNDER ANOTHER? >> THAT'S THE WORST THING THAT 144 00:10:40,780 --> 00:10:45,090 CAN HAPPEN AS YOU CAN IMAGINE: WHEN SOMEBODY PULLS UP BELOW YOU 145 00:10:45,090 --> 00:10:48,390 IT CAN BE BIG TROUBLE. >> WE HAVE ANOTHER ONLINE 146 00:10:48,390 --> 00:10:54,140 QUESTION. IS THE SMITHSONIAN HOT AIR 147 00:10:54,140 --> 00:10:57,260 BALLOON ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM? 148 00:10:57,260 --> 00:11:00,690 >> WE'RE PUTTING A PICTURE OF IT UP. 149 00:11:00,690 --> 00:11:05,000 THERE'S A -- THAT GOES WITH IT THAT IS ON DISPLAY. 150 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:11,130 SO YOU CAN SEE IT ANY DAY. >> THE ENVELOPE IS THE ACTUAL 151 00:11:11,130 --> 00:11:13,840 BALLOON PART. >> THE ENVELOPE IS WHAT LOOKS 152 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:15,740 LIKE IT'S FILLED WITH HOT AIR RIGHT. 153 00:11:15,740 --> 00:11:18,620 >> AND WE HAVE AN AUDIENCE QUESTION NOW. 154 00:11:18,620 --> 00:11:20,990 >> HI. MY NAME IS ALI AND MY QUESTION 155 00:11:20,990 --> 00:11:23,930 IS HOW DOES WEATHER AT THE FIESTA AFFECT HOW THE BALLOONS 156 00:11:23,930 --> 00:11:26,700 FLY? >> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD 157 00:11:26,700 --> 00:11:30,440 QUESTION, ALI. HOW DOES THE WEATHER AFFECT THE 158 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,690 FIESTA? >> IT IS AN INCREDIBLE AFFECT ON 159 00:11:33,690 --> 00:11:36,370 IT. YOU CAN'T LAUNCH BALLOONS IN 160 00:11:36,370 --> 00:11:39,960 MUCH OF A WIND AT ALL. SO YESTERDAY, FOR EXAMPLE, AND 161 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:46,160 THE DAY BEFORE, THINGS WERE REALLY QUIET AROUND HERE. 162 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:50,750 SO YEAH BALLOONING IS PRETTY MUCH DICTATED BY THE WIND, BY 163 00:11:50,750 --> 00:11:52,960 THE AIR. >> WE HAVE A GOOD DAY TODAY. 164 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,540 >> WE SURE DO. >> NOW, AS YOU KNOW I ACTUALLY 165 00:11:56,540 --> 00:12:01,570 GOT TO RIDE IN A HOT AIR BALLOON WHILE I WAS HERE AND IT WAS AN 166 00:12:01,570 --> 00:12:05,769 EXPERIENCE THAT I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE. 167 00:12:05,769 --> 00:12:08,710 >> TELL US ABOUT IT. >> LET ME START WITH THE 168 00:12:08,710 --> 00:12:10,650 BALLOON. THE MAROONS HAVE NAMES. 169 00:12:10,650 --> 00:12:16,610 MY BALLOON'S NAME WAS NORWAY AND IT WAS PILOTED BY JIM LYNCH, AND 170 00:12:16,610 --> 00:12:20,060 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT BALLOONING AND ONE OF THINGS THAT COMES TO 171 00:12:20,060 --> 00:12:25,450 MY MIND IS -- AND THAT PILOT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING 172 00:12:25,450 --> 00:12:30,540 AND HE GOT LOST AND ENDED UP BEING IN A BLIZZARD. 173 00:12:30,540 --> 00:12:34,280 BUT JIM REALLY KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING. 174 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:39,070 AND THESE PILOTS ARE TRAINED. AND THEY'RE PILOTS. 175 00:12:39,070 --> 00:12:44,140 THESE THINGS ARE ALSO IN THE SKY AND JIM'S REALLY ON TOP OF IT. 176 00:12:44,140 --> 00:12:50,760 HE COULD NAVIGATE THE WIND AND GET US FLOATING IN THE RIGHT 177 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:55,130 DIRECTION. AND SO I WAS REALLY SECURE WITH 178 00:12:55,130 --> 00:12:58,959 HIM. >> YOU WEREN'T SCARED? 179 00:12:58,959 --> 00:13:03,320 >> NO, I WASN'T SCARED. WHEN WE TOOK A HELICOPTER RIDE A 180 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,950 FEW MONTHS AGO, AND I WAS REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU GET 181 00:13:06,950 --> 00:13:10,030 INTO A HELICOPTER AND AN AIRPLANE AND YOU HEAR THIS ROAR 182 00:13:10,030 --> 00:13:15,620 OF THOSE ENGINES AND YOU REALLY FEEL THE PULL OF GRAVITY AS YOU 183 00:13:15,620 --> 00:13:17,980 TAKE OFF. SO YOU REALLY KNOW THAT YOU ARE 184 00:13:17,980 --> 00:13:20,520 LEAVING THE GROUND AND GOING UP IN THE AIR. 185 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:25,490 BUT WITH THE BALLOON, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR THE ROAR OF THE GAS, 186 00:13:25,490 --> 00:13:31,970 THE PROPANE HEATING UP THE BALLOON AND THEN YOU LOOK DOWN 187 00:13:31,970 --> 00:13:38,050 AND IT'S AS IF THE EARTH HAS JUST FALLEN AWAY FROM YOUR FEET. 188 00:13:38,050 --> 00:13:42,240 AND I'M NOT -- IT WAS A BASKET AND I FELT VERY COMFORTABLE. 189 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:49,830 AND THE VIEWS WERE JUST INCREDIBLE BECAUSE YOU'RE IN 190 00:13:49,830 --> 00:13:51,770 THAT BASKET. YOU'RE NOT LOOKING OUT A LITTLE 191 00:13:51,770 --> 00:13:54,481 WINDOW. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LEAN OVER. 192 00:13:54,481 --> 00:13:56,840 THE ONLY THING I WAS WORRIED ABOUT WAS DROPPING MY CAMERA, SO 193 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:58,810 I ACTUALLY PUT IT AROUND MY WRIST. 194 00:13:58,810 --> 00:14:05,960 BUT THE VIEW OF THE CITY AND THE OTHER BALLOONS WERE JUST REALLY, 195 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:09,210 REALLY INCREDIBLE. >> HOW MANY BALLOONS WERE IN THE 196 00:14:09,210 --> 00:14:11,190 AIR? >> WE HAVE 550 BALLOONS OUT HERE 197 00:14:11,190 --> 00:14:14,070 NOW. IT WAS ALL UP AT THE SAME TIME. 198 00:14:14,070 --> 00:14:19,930 SO I GUESS I WATCHED SOME OF THEM TAKE OFF THE BUT WHEN 199 00:14:19,930 --> 00:14:24,750 YOU'RE UP THERE IT'S SO QUIET. AND YOU CAN HEAR THE BURNING OF 200 00:14:24,750 --> 00:14:31,160 THE OTHER TANKS, AND WHEN I GOT DURING THE COURSE OF YOUR 201 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:34,280 INVESTIGATION -- DOWN, THE BALLOONING COMMUNITY WAS REALLY 202 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,350 FRIENDLY. THEY WERE EXCITED FOR ME. 203 00:14:36,350 --> 00:14:39,800 THERE WAS A LITTLE CEREMONY, AND I WAS WELCOMED IN. 204 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:44,100 >> YOU GOT WET. >> YEAH, I DID. 205 00:14:44,100 --> 00:14:47,740 I GOT A LITTLE CHAMPAGNE DUMPED ON MY HEAD. 206 00:14:47,740 --> 00:14:52,870 SO THEY WERE JUST REALLY FANTASTIC PEOPLE. 207 00:14:52,870 --> 00:14:55,760 SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE SO 208 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:59,950 INTERESTED IN THIS FORM OF TRANSPORTATION? 209 00:14:59,950 --> 00:15:04,550 >> THIS WAS THE WAY HUMAN BEINGS FLEW. 210 00:15:04,550 --> 00:15:13,420 LIGHTER THAN AIR. AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE BALLOONS ARE BIG 211 00:15:13,420 --> 00:15:17,130 AND THEY'RE COLORFUL. THEY FLY LOW TO THE GROUND. 212 00:15:17,130 --> 00:15:21,030 WHEN YOU SEE ONE COMING IN YOUR DIRECTION OR IN THE DISTANCE IT 213 00:15:21,030 --> 00:15:24,870 JUST CATCHES YOUR EYE. SO I THINK IT'S JUST THE FACT 214 00:15:24,870 --> 00:15:30,480 THAT THEY LOOK SO NEAT AND EXCITING AND THERE'S A SENSE OF 215 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:34,760 ROMANCE ABOUT BALLOONING TOO. >> AND YOU CAN'T -- PING WE ARE 216 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:38,740 READY FOR SOME MORE QUESTIONS. ARE YOU READY FOR MORE 217 00:15:38,740 --> 00:15:40,540 QUESTIONS? >> READY. 218 00:15:40,540 --> 00:15:46,890 >> LET'S START WITH AN ONLINE. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF 219 00:15:46,890 --> 00:15:53,070 FLYING A BALLOON? >> I THINK IT'S JUST BEING IN 220 00:15:53,070 --> 00:15:56,370 THE AIR. BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, IT'S VERY 221 00:15:56,370 --> 00:15:59,510 QUIET. YOU CAN HEAR EVERYTHING ON THE 222 00:15:59,510 --> 00:16:01,510 GROUND. IT'S KIND OF REFLECTED BACK UP 223 00:16:01,510 --> 00:16:06,650 TO YOU. YOU'RE MOVING SLOWLY OVER THE 224 00:16:06,650 --> 00:16:09,470 LANDSCAPE. YOU'RE MOVING SLOWLY OVER THE 225 00:16:09,470 --> 00:16:10,601 LANDSCAPE. WHEN YOU'RE FLYING HERE, WITH 226 00:16:10,601 --> 00:16:19,320 THE OTHER BALLOONS THERE'S JUST NO SENSE LIKE BEING IN THE AIR 227 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:26,850 IN A BALLOON. >> MY QUESTION IS WHAT KIND OF 228 00:16:26,850 --> 00:16:31,320 LICENSE DO YOU NEED TO PILOT A HOT AIR BALLOON? 229 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:35,180 >> WHAT KIND OF LICENSE DO YOU NEED TO PILOT A HOT AIR BALLOON? 230 00:16:35,180 --> 00:16:39,010 >> WELL, BALLOON PILOTS ARE LICENSED, LIKE ALL LICENSES, YOU 231 00:16:39,010 --> 00:16:41,970 HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL. THERE'S GRAD SCHOOL INVOLVED. 232 00:16:41,970 --> 00:16:44,950 YOU HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT THE PHYSICS, YOU HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT 233 00:16:44,950 --> 00:16:49,310 THE WEATHER AND THEN YOU GO OUT AND EXPERIENCE BALLOONS AND 234 00:16:49,310 --> 00:16:52,920 TRAIN IN THE AIR. SO IT'S QUITE A PROCESS. 235 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,560 BUT LICENSED LIKE ANY OTHER KIND OF PILOT. 236 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,100 >>> JUST LIKE DRIVING A CAR. >> UH-HUH. 237 00:16:59,100 --> 00:17:03,170 >> WE HAVE ANOTHER ONLINE QUESTION. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE 238 00:17:03,170 --> 00:17:07,929 NEEDED TO MANEUVER A BALLOON >> THERE'S REALLY ONLY ONE PILOT 239 00:17:07,929 --> 00:17:10,589 IN A BALLOON. AND HE DOES EVERYTHING. 240 00:17:10,589 --> 00:17:17,079 WHEN HE WANTS TO GO DOWN, HE LETS IT COOL OFF. 241 00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:22,220 BUT IN TERMS OF YOUR DIRECTION, YOU'RE GOING TO GO WHERE THE 242 00:17:22,220 --> 00:17:26,669 WIND BLOWS YOU. YOU CAN GO UP OR DOWN, LOOKING 243 00:17:26,669 --> 00:17:30,909 FOR A BREEZE THAT'S GOING IN THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO. 244 00:17:30,909 --> 00:17:32,980 BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE WIND. 245 00:17:32,980 --> 00:17:35,940 >>> WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOT AIR BALLOONS BUT THERE ARE GAS 246 00:17:35,940 --> 00:17:39,130 BALLOONS TOO AND I THINK MARTY HAS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. 247 00:17:39,130 --> 00:17:45,100 >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF FRIEND HERE, OLIVIA AND MAYA AND THEY 248 00:17:45,100 --> 00:17:47,702 BOTH HAVE A BALLOON, IT'S JUST FILLED WITH A DIFFERENT KIND OF 249 00:17:47,702 --> 00:17:50,120 GAS AND I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU EACH DROP YOUR BALLOON AND WE'RE 250 00:17:50,120 --> 00:17:55,860 GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. ON THE COUNT OF THREE, ONE, TWO, 251 00:17:55,860 --> 00:17:57,470 THREE. OKAY. 252 00:17:57,470 --> 00:18:01,950 SO OLIVIA'S YOU'RE KIND OF -- WHAT'S GOING ON? 253 00:18:01,950 --> 00:18:06,669 >> MY BALLOON FELL DOWN BECAUSE OF ITS GAS IN IT. 254 00:18:06,669 --> 00:18:10,340 >> AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH YOURS. >> MINE FLOATED. 255 00:18:10,340 --> 00:18:14,330 >> SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THE DIFFERS IS BETWEEN THE GASES. 256 00:18:14,330 --> 00:18:20,210 >> THIS ONE IS LIGHTER THAN AIR. >> YES, AND WHILE I WAS IN 257 00:18:20,210 --> 00:18:24,549 ALBUQUERQUE I GOT A CHANCE TO TALK WITH TWO PEOPLE, BARBARA 258 00:18:24,549 --> 00:18:28,539 AND PETER WHO ARE NOT ONLY HOT AIR BALLOON PILOTS BUT ALSO GAS 259 00:18:28,539 --> 00:18:31,570 BALLOON PILOTS AND THEY FILLED THOSE MAROONS WITH HELIUM LIKE 260 00:18:31,570 --> 00:18:36,990 THIS ONE, BUT THEY'RE BIGGER AND THEY'RE COMPETING IN A GAS 261 00:18:36,990 --> 00:18:38,320 BALLOON RACE CALLED AMERICA'S CHALLENGE. 262 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,140 I GOT CHANCE THE ASK THEM ABOUT THEIR BALLOON. 263 00:18:41,140 --> 00:18:48,809 >> THAT BALLOON IS WHITE AND THAT'S ACTUALLY TWO WEEKS OF SUN 264 00:18:48,809 --> 00:18:51,929 SO WE DON'T HEAT UP THE GASSED IN. 265 00:18:51,929 --> 00:18:54,580 THEY'RE USING HELIUM OR HYDROGEN. 266 00:18:54,580 --> 00:19:01,169 AND HELIUM IS LIKE LITTLE PARTY BALLOONS THAT YOU RELEASE IN THE 267 00:19:01,169 --> 00:19:04,730 SKY. THAT'S WHAT LIFTS US UP IN THE 268 00:19:04,730 --> 00:19:14,240 GAS BALLOON, AND WE FLY TWO TO THREE DAYS, NIGHT AND DAY. THE 269 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:18,659 COMPETITION IS YOU TAKE OFF, ALL THE BALLOONS TAKE OFF FROM THE 270 00:19:18,659 --> 00:19:23,610 SAME SPOT AND THEY'LL SEE WHO CAN FLY THE FARTHER FROM THAT 271 00:19:23,610 --> 00:19:26,639 SPOT WITHOUT LANDING. YOU CAN'T LAND. 272 00:19:26,639 --> 00:19:30,669 YOU CAN'T GIVE MORE GAS. YOU GOT TO KEEP GOING. 273 00:19:30,669 --> 00:19:33,700 SO YOU GOT TO EAT, YOU GOT TO SLEEP. 274 00:19:33,700 --> 00:19:37,519 YOU GOT TO DO EVERYTHING. AND DRINKING LOTS OF WATER IS 275 00:19:37,519 --> 00:19:42,410 THE MOST CRUCIAL BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN THE ELEMENTS AT 276 00:19:42,410 --> 00:19:48,840 10,000, 14,000, WE HAVE TO HAVE WATER. 277 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:52,220 >>> NOW, YOU CAN ACTUALLY FOLLOW ALONG WITH BARBARA AND PETER AS 278 00:19:52,220 --> 00:19:54,610 THEY COMPETE IN AMERICA'S CHALLENGE. 279 00:19:54,610 --> 00:19:57,200 ON OUR RESOURCES SECTION OF OUR WEBSITE WE HAVE ADDED A LINK 280 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:01,720 WHERE YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH ALL OF THE GAS BALLOONS AND SEE 281 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:03,240 HOW THEY DO ON AMERICA'S CHALLENGE. 282 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,490 AND THE AMAZING THING IS THEY'RE IN NEW MEXICO RIGHT NOW. THE 283 00:20:06,490 --> 00:20:11,909 THEY'RE LAUNCHING LATER TODAY. THEIR LANDING ZONE IS EASTERN 284 00:20:11,909 --> 00:20:15,309 CANADA. SO THEY COULD LITERALLY FLY FROM 285 00:20:15,309 --> 00:20:19,070 NEW MEXICO TO WASHINGTON, D.C. OR FURTHER. 286 00:20:19,070 --> 00:20:20,760 SO BE SURE TO FOLLOW ALONG THERE. 287 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,649 AND I WILL TELL YOU GUYS AWE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE 288 00:20:23,649 --> 00:20:33,400 FIESTA. THEY HAVE TRADING CARDS FOR ALL OF THE BALLOONS. 289 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,340 SO I'M WALKING ALONG AND I HAVE THAT BIG HAT ON. 290 00:20:37,340 --> 00:20:40,549 AND THIS LADY COMES UP AND GOES, DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THE TRADING 291 00:20:40,549 --> 00:20:42,470 CARDS? AND OF COURSE I DIDN'T BECAUSE 292 00:20:42,470 --> 00:20:46,110 I'M NOT A PILOT, AND I HAVE SOMETHING FOR HER. 293 00:20:46,110 --> 00:20:54,669 SO I GAVE HER THE HAT AND HER GRIN LIT UP. 294 00:20:54,669 --> 00:21:00,050 IT IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY TRIP. 295 00:21:00,050 --> 00:21:02,230 SO WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO BETH AND TOM IN ALBUQUERQUE. 296 00:21:02,230 --> 00:21:05,029 BETH, I HEAR THAT YOU WERE A LITTLE BIT OF A BASKET CASE WHEN 297 00:21:05,029 --> 00:21:18,409 YOU WERE IN THE BALLOON. >> I WAS NOT. 298 00:21:18,409 --> 00:21:22,120 WE LANDED MILES AWAY FROM THE FIELD HERE. 299 00:21:22,120 --> 00:21:25,200 ALTHOUGH WE SEE A LOT OF THEM LANDING ON THE FIELD TODAY. 300 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:29,299 THE WIND TOOK US OFF AND NOW THERE'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT JOB 301 00:21:29,299 --> 00:21:34,269 WHICH IS THE CREW. YOU AND OUR PRODUCER JOHN WERE 302 00:21:34,269 --> 00:21:38,190 PART OF THAT CHASE CREW TO COME PICK ME UP. AND JOHN WAS THERE 303 00:21:38,190 --> 00:21:46,360 TO FILM IT. SO LET'S SEE HOW IT LOOKS. 304 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:57,509 >>> THIS IS THE REALLY FUN PART OF HOT AIR BALLOONING. 305 00:21:57,509 --> 00:22:11,700 CHASING. >>> WE'RE WITH PETE AND WE WOUND 306 00:22:11,700 --> 00:22:34,950 UP OVER ON THE RIVER BASIN WHERE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE. BUT 307 00:22:34,950 --> 00:22:44,670 THEY FOUND US. >>> OKAY. 308 00:22:44,670 --> 00:22:53,299 HOW ABOUT WE TAKE SOME MORE QUESTIONS? 309 00:22:53,299 --> 00:22:56,880 >> GREAT. >> LET'S START WITH ON ONLINE 310 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:00,019 QUESTION. WHY IS THE BALLOON FIESTA HELD 311 00:23:00,019 --> 00:23:04,330 HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE? >> WELL, ONE OF THE REASONS IS 312 00:23:04,330 --> 00:23:10,970 BECAUSE THIS OCCURRED AND WAY BACK IN THE 1970, 1972, IT KIND 313 00:23:10,970 --> 00:23:15,110 OF PUT THE BALLOON MARK ON ALBUQUERQUE. AND OF COURSE THE 314 00:23:15,110 --> 00:23:20,580 FESTIVAL HERE JUST SORT OF GREW AND SO ALBUQUERQUE BECAME THE 315 00:23:20,580 --> 00:23:24,150 BALLOON CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. BUT IF YOU LOOK BEHIND US IF THE 316 00:23:24,150 --> 00:23:30,840 SKY, JUST CLEAR AS A BELL. AND METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS 317 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:35,490 ARE KIND OF SPECIAL IN ALBUQUERQUE TOO WITH THE WAY THE 318 00:23:35,490 --> 00:23:39,370 WIND ARE JUST A PERFECT PLACE THE FLY BALLOONS. 319 00:23:39,370 --> 00:23:42,740 >> THE ALBUQUERQUE BOX, DO YOU WANT TO TELL US WHAT THE 320 00:23:42,740 --> 00:23:45,659 ALBUQUERQUE BOX IS? >> SURE. 321 00:23:45,659 --> 00:23:50,591 IT'S A METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA, A LOCAL ONE, WHERE THE WIND, THE 322 00:23:50,591 --> 00:23:55,889 AIR COMES DOWN THE MOUNTAINS, DOWN INTO THE ONE OF THE LOWEST 323 00:23:55,889 --> 00:24:00,970 PARTS OF THE CITY ALONG THE RIO GRAND VALLEY. 324 00:24:00,970 --> 00:24:07,559 SO IT BUILDS UP THE CIRCULATION THAT ENABLES PILOTS TO FLY OVER 325 00:24:07,559 --> 00:24:10,730 THE FIELD MORE THAN ONE TIME. >> OKAY. 326 00:24:10,730 --> 00:24:13,409 LET'S GO TO AUDIENCE QUESTION. >> HI. 327 00:24:13,409 --> 00:24:17,309 MY NAME IS JULIA AND I WAS WONDERING WHEN THE FIRST HOT AIR 328 00:24:17,309 --> 00:24:20,790 BALLOON WAS MADE. >> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD 329 00:24:20,790 --> 00:24:24,210 QUESTION, JULIA. WHAT WAS THE FIRST HOT AIR 330 00:24:24,210 --> 00:24:31,600 BALLOON MADE? >> TWO FRENCH BROTHERS FLEW THE 331 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:36,539 FIRST SMALL BALLOON, IN FACT IT WAS TOO SMALL FOR A PERSON IN 332 00:24:36,539 --> 00:24:42,669 JUNE OF 17 83. AND THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER THEY FLEW THE FIRST 333 00:24:42,669 --> 00:24:47,039 ANIMAL, A SHEEP AT THAT POINT, A ROOSTER AND BY NOVEMBER, THE 334 00:24:47,039 --> 00:24:52,570 FIRST LITTLE BALLOONS, THEY BUILT A BALLOON THAT WAS BIG 335 00:24:52,570 --> 00:24:56,490 ENOUGH TO CARRY HUMAN BEINGS. SO HUMAN BEINGS FIRST TOOK TO 336 00:24:56,490 --> 00:25:01,929 THE SKY ON NOVEMBER 21, 78. >> AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE PROPANE, 337 00:25:01,929 --> 00:25:04,299 RIGHT? SO THEY HAD TO -- 338 00:25:04,299 --> 00:25:10,869 >> THEY HAD TO BURN STRAW, AND THERE WAS A LITTLE FIREPLACE 339 00:25:10,869 --> 00:25:14,110 INSIDE THE NECK OF THE BALLOON, AND THE WHOLE TIME THEY WERE IN 340 00:25:14,110 --> 00:25:17,649 THE AIR THEY HAD TO KEEP PITCHING STRAW IN TO KEEP THE 341 00:25:17,649 --> 00:25:21,559 FIRE UP. >> WELL, THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE 342 00:25:21,559 --> 00:25:24,779 HAVE FOR TODAY. I WANT TO FIRST THANK OUR 343 00:25:24,779 --> 00:25:29,390 IN-HOUSE AUDIENCE IN WASHINGTON. IRENE YOU ALL BEING OUT THERE 344 00:25:29,390 --> 00:25:34,970 WITH MARTY KEEPING HIM COMPANY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE 345 00:25:34,970 --> 00:25:38,269 CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, WHICH ALLOWED US TO BE HERE. 346 00:25:38,269 --> 00:25:40,889 THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AT THE BALLOON MUSEUM. 347 00:25:40,889 --> 00:25:44,059 WE COULDN'T HAVE HAD A BETTER HOST. 348 00:25:44,059 --> 00:25:48,799 AND ACTUALLY THE FIESTA FOLKS WHO WERE ALL OVER TOWN. 349 00:25:48,799 --> 00:25:56,200 WE REALLY FELT WELCOMED HERE. AND WE HAVE A BONUS AT 7:30 THIS 350 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,599 MONTH. SO CHECK THIS OUT. 351 00:25:58,599 --> 00:26:04,730 >> CHECK THIS OUT! THIS IS THE PEP ARROW SHOW. 352 00:26:04,730 --> 00:26:08,190 I'M IN THE WHITE SAND MISSILE RANGE MUSEUM IN NEW MEXICO. 353 00:26:08,190 --> 00:26:11,730 THIS THING WAS USED TO TEST THE PARACHUTE FROM THE VIKING MARS 354 00:26:11,730 --> 00:26:19,320 LANDER. THEY TESTED IT IN SIMULATED 355 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:23,460 CONDITIONS LIKE ON MARS. HOW DO YOU THINK HUMANS ARE 356 00:26:23,460 --> 00:26:25,230 GOING TO LAND ON MARS? ARE THEY GOING TO USE 357 00:26:25,230 --> 00:26:27,230 PARACHUTES? DO YOU THINK THEY WILL USE SOME 358 00:26:27,230 --> 00:26:32,629 OTHER METHOD TO LAND? IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT 359 00:26:32,629 --> 00:26:42,709 LANDING ON OTHER PLANETS, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT STEM IN 30. 360 00:26:42,709 --> 00:26:44,090 >>> THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 361 00:26:44,090 --> 00:26:47,940 YOUR BEST GUESS WE HAVE A MUCH MORE IN-DEPTH CONFERS WITH ANDY 362 00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:52,350 RICHARDSON AND WE HAVE STEPPED UP IN A PLANE RIGHT AFTER THE 363 00:26:52,350 --> 00:26:58,610 SHOW. AND THEN THERE'S A NINE MINUTE INTERVIEW WITH ANDY AND I 364 00:26:58,610 --> 00:27:01,379 RECOMMEND YOU ALL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 365 00:27:01,379 --> 00:27:06,390 IT'S REALLY NEAT STUFF. THANKS AGAIN FOR WATCHING AND WE