11.   The adventure provides all the excitement of a balloon flight without the uncertainty of knowing when or how the gas-filled vehicle will descend.

12.   The current system of weather-data collection using balloon flights is particularly weak over the oceans, Herman said.

13.   There will be a parade, carnival, hot-air balloon flight, baseball and golf tournaments, marathons and an arts and crafts show.

14.   This is the first time any award has been offered for a round-the-world balloon flight.

15.   Pilots Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones secured their place in the pantheon of adventurers Saturday as they completed the first nonstop round-the-world balloon flight.

16.   Pilots get the feel for space during tests for balloon flight.

17.   Adventurer starts around-the-world balloon flight.

18.   American adventurer Steve Fossett was on his way to Australia Tuesday to make a sixth attempt at a solo round-the-world balloon flight.

19.   American adventurer Steve Fossett was on his way to Australia to make a sixth attempt at a solo round-the-world balloon flight.

20.   An American said Thursday he plans to lift off from Seoul next week for what he hopes will be the first successful solo cross-Pacific balloon flight.