IMTS Hot Air Balloon

If there is one thing anyone who attended IMTS remembers, it is the fantastic balloon that appeared in the front lawn of McCormick Place. Catch the IMTS Balloon at one or all of the balloon festivals listed below:

Photo of IMTS Balloon at night

Temecula Wine & Balloon Festival
Temecula, California
June 1-3, 2021
www.tvbwf.com

Michigan Balloon Challenge
Howell, Michigan
June 22-24, 2012
www.michiganchallenge.com

Vermont Balloon Festival
Stowe, Vermont
July 6-8, 2012
www.stoweflake.com/activities_balloon_festival.aspx

Mid-USA Ohio Challenge
Middletown, Ohio
July 13-14, 2012
www.ohiochallenge.com/event

QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning
Readington, New Jersey
July 27-29, 2012
www.balloonfestival.com

Hamburger Festival
Seymour, WI
August 5-7, 2012
homeofthehamburger.org/

IMTS 2012
Chicago, Illinois
September 10-15, 2012

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Albuquerque, New Mexico
October 6-14, 2012
www.balloonfiesta.com

The IMTS Balloon in action. This video footage was taken in Michigan in June, 2010. Much of the work in hot air ballooning is at the beginning and end of a flight. See how a hot air balloon is launched from unpacking the balloon envelope, all the way to take off.