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The ballooning community celebrates the 50th Balloon Fiesta with a balloon launch commemorating the original 13 balloons and pilots that took flight in 1972 at Coronado Center in Albuquerque, N.M., on Sept. 30, 2022. (Chancey Bush/Albuquerque Journal)
Pilot Toby Brown, with Coronado Center, release flames from the burner creating hot air to inflate the balloon as the ballooning community celebrates the 50th Balloon Fiesta with a balloon launch commemorating the original 13 balloons and pilots that took flight in 1972 at Coronado Center in Albuquerque, N.M., on Sept. 30, 2022. (Chancey Bush/Albuquerque Journal)
The ballooning community celebrates the 50th Balloon Fiesta with a balloon launch commemorating the original 13 balloons and pilots that took flight in 1972 at Coronado Center in Albuquerque, N.M., on Sept. 30, 2022. (Chancey Bush/Albuquerque Journal)
Creamland cow balloon, later known as Airabelle, flies over the moon during the 1993 Balloon Fiesta. (Paul Bearce/Journal)
Chic-I-Boom flies during the inaugural Special Shapes Rodeo on Oct. 12, 1989. (Greg Sorber/Journal)
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