ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KMID/KPEJ) – Video showed a hot air balloon hitting an old cottonwood tree at the former Club Rio Rancho Golf Course, with two people inside about 25 feet above the ground.

Environmental experts say balloon debris can harm marine life and wildlife. But ordinance enforcement can be tricky, city ...

Turns out, flying through trees and skating by power lines are par for the course for hot-air balloonists. Bill Hughes, a hot-air balloon pilot with 44 years of experience, guided me and my ...