The International Balloon Fiesta
Special Shapes Mass Ascension - Thursday, October 9

Uncle Sam (Mitchell, SD), Sahuaro Grande (Tuscon, AZ)

Miss Daisy (Central, SC) is flat on the ground. Spirit in the Sky (Tampa, FL) is aloft.

Spirit in the Sky (Tampa, FL)

Eagle (Lawrenceville, IL)

United Van Lines (Cedar Hill, MO), Mayflower (Greenville, NC), 1Down8-2Go (Albuquerque, NM). High Jack (Mabank, TX) is on the ground under Mayflower

Azul (Bosque Farms, NM)

Pneuballon (Wilnsdorf, Germany)

Wings of Wind (North Brunswick, NJ), Wally (Wassau, WI).
Wings of Wind crashed about 24 hours later after hitting high power lines. One person died, one was hospitalized.

Sahuaro Grande (Tuscon, AZ), Uncle Sam (Mitchell, SD)

Uncle Sam (Mitchell, SD)

Pondemonium (Aurora, CO)

Sunday Cruise (Rio Rancho, NM)

(1) Strawberry (Santa Ana, CA), (2) Possman Bembel (Limeshain, Germany), (3) carousel shape, (4) Woodrow C Greenleaf (Lake Havasu City, AZ)

(1) Woodrow C Greenleaf (Lake Havasu City, AZ), (2) Asimo (Jeffersonville, VT), (3) Miss Daisy (Central, SC)

Little Pirate (Dandridge, TN), Sahuaro Grande (Tuscon, AZ)

Nelly-B (Nazareth, Belgium), the pink elephant

Flying Cathedral (Kesswil, Switzerland)

The carousel, Sarah the Witch (Alamogordo, NM), and Arky (Grants Pass, OR).

Seafantasy (Wausau, WI)

(1) Possman Bembel (Limeshain, Germany), (2) In the Buff (Lubbock, TX), (3) Marv'n the Martion (Gill, CO), (4) Woodrow C Greenleaf (Lake Havasu City, AZ), (5) She's A Lady (Charlotte, NC), (6) Miss Daisy (Central, SC), (7) Paddy, the shamrock (Orlando, FL)

Strawberry (Santa Ana, CA), Asimo (Jeffersonville, VT)

Burnie, the Little Devil (Pleasant Hill, IA)

Arky (Grants Pass, OR)

Little Pirate (Dandridge, TN)

She's A Lady (Charlotte, NC)

Energizer Hot Hare (Albuquerque, NM)

Coco the Clown (Jefferson City, MO)

Airplane Happy (Campo Iargo, Brazil)

Possman Bembel (Limeshain, Germany)

In the Buff (Lubbock, TX)

(1) Pumpkinhead (Park City, UT), (2) Pandy the Panda (Kilgore, TX), (3) Hopper T Frog (Park City, UT), (4) Gizzmo (Wichita Falls, TX), (5) Paddy, the shamrock (Orlando, FL), (6) Haunted House (Sao Paolo, Brazil), (7) Airplane Happy (Campo Iargo, Brazil), (8) Chicken (Sao Paolo, Brazil), (9) 1Down8-2Go (Albuquerque, NM), (10) Pig (Pindamonhangaba, Brazil)

Brandenburger Tor (Germany), Warsteiner Orient Express (Freudenberg, Germany)

Champagne Bottle (Yucca Valley, CA)

Miss Daisy (Central, SC)

Pandy the Panda (Kilgore, TX)

Pig (Pindamonhangaba, Brazil)

Pumpkinhead (Park City, UT)

Cegonha (Campo Largo, TX)

Little Angel (Sao Paolo, Brazil)

Hopper T Frog (Park City, UT)

Darth Vader (Court Saint-Etienne, Belgium)

Biddles (Friendship, WI)

Bierkrug (Royston, Great Britain)