• In mid-air, a black-, magenta-, and coral-colored balloon is inflated by a long flame from the burner. Suspended below the balloon is a wicker basket carrying at least five people, men and women and one girl. The people are waving and smiling.
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    Graham and first-time passengers wave to onlookers. “We have launched from the same square for about the last 10 years,” he says. “They keep trying to move us, but I say ‘no, no, no.’ We just love the crowd.”

  • In mid-air, a black-, magenta-, and coral-colored balloon is inflated by a long flame from the burner. Suspended below the balloon is a wicker basket carrying at least five people, men and women and one girl. The people are waving and smiling.

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October 08, 2023

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Jim Preston

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