It is the largest ballooning event in the world and one of the most photographed glasses, which attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators in nine days, which takes pilots around the world to the sky in a colored hot air balloon.
Albuquech International Balloon Fiesta closed on Saturday with a large scale in Balloon Fiesta Park.
The people present in Fiesta can walk amidst the bloated balloons and talk to the pilots, while the breakfast drops down and drink pinenon coffee. Roaring propane burner cheers and whistles are not enough to get out because balloons flow upwards.
The show is made even better by an event known as a clear and cool morning combination and an event known as the albuckerch box: various air instructions at different height allow pilots to adjust their flight patterns to stay close to the launch area, which saturate the scene to those on the ground.
The annual show has been produced considerably in the last five decades. Here is a sub-number eye:
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Balloon Fiesta has been organized over the years, which was grown in 1972 with a minor launch of 13 balloons in the shopping mall parking.
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Pilots are registered to fly this year. More than 40 American states and a dozen countries are represented, from Belgium to and Brazil For Mexico, Spain, SwitzerlandThailand and China. For 59 pilots, this will be the first time.
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Especially shaped balloons, about a dozen of which will start. Fans include favorite Darth warderSmokey bear, family of huge bees and cow the cow.
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Height in Balloon Fiesta Park in the feet. In takeoff, balloons are already about one mile (1.6 kilometers) above sea level. Some if they rise above the nearby Sandia mountain, which reaches the boundary of the east of the city and at the top at 10,678 feet (3,255 m).
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Launch directors, affection referred to their black and white striped uniforms as zebras. Like the referee, they do not hesitate to blow their whistles as they examine the airspace above the balloon to ensure that it is safe to climb. Zebra undergoes three years of training, in which two years have been spent on the field.
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The acre grass that forms the launch area is equal to 56 football grounds. It has 208 launch sites within which balloons rolled out, inflated and set. For landing, it can be a challenge when balloons flow. Pilots scan for any open space within the city where they can safely touch. Sometimes it is a grass park, the second time it is a parking lot or an empty patches of dirt.
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Guest tour during the 2024 show, 85% of them coming from outside New Mexico. Spending on housing, food, rental cars and other expenses led to an economic impact of an estimated $ 216 million for the metro sector.
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Food sellers, some of which have stocked the ton of the tortylus to expel a bottomless number of breakfast. For pilots, grab-end-go bundles are often doubled by hand as warmer as they are ready to take flight. Green Chile cheeseburgers are another favorite, and in the ancestral hours coffee and hot cocoa fuel have an endless endless flow of audiences. The concession area extends more than one third of a mile (half kilometer).
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Porta potties. They have a requirement with a requirement with that coffee and green chili.
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Collector PIN for sale. They all fall into sizes and sizes, and set a separate day for trade between collectors.
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Volunteers needed to produce the incident. Some work begins months ago. The wide range of his duties include mailing event posters, staffing ticket booths, installation of flags, charging battery for evening drone shows and temporary RV lots and reputed, magnificent “glumping” tents. Volunteers also coordinate and serve in the chase crew that help in balloons landing.