SIMPLE TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY. THE FATHER OF BALLOON IS SID CUTTER. HIS AND IMAGE DISPLAYED A BRONZE STATUE AT FIESTA PARK SHOWS CUTTER ON THE EDGE OF A BASKET, HIS DOGS TAGGING ALONG FOR THE FLIGHT. WE ...

REPORTER. JOHN CARDINELLI HAS A STORY. IT'’ A JOURNEY THAT TOOK 6,500 MILES WITH FIVE SEWING MACHINES A CREW OF SEWERS AND A LOT OF FABRIC. I THOUGHT WELL, WE COULD BUILD A BALLOON. I THOUGHT WELL, ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – As many of you know, Balloon Fiesta is the biggest event in New Mexico each year, but it didn’t start that way. KOB 4 has a look back at how Balloon Fiesta got off the ground.

In 1972, KOB 770 AM Radio was having its 50th anniversary, and General Manager Tom McKee urged Sid Cutter to organize a ballooning event to celebrate. In the book, The World Comes to Albuquerque: The ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For the 45th year, a spectacle that has made Albuquerque the Hot Air Ballooning Capitol of the world is set to rise high above the city. While its hundreds of balloons and ...