• The partially-deflated envelope of a brightly-colored balloon is stretched out on the grass as four people work to squeeze out the remaining air, under the direction of middle-age white man standing off to the side.
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    Pilot Wild Bill Dobbs directs his crew as they “milk” the air out of his balloon Wild Fire after landing back at Balloon Fiesta Park.

  • The partially-deflated envelope of a brightly-colored balloon is stretched out on the grass as four people work to squeeze out the remaining air, under the direction of middle-age white man standing off to the side.

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October 07, 2023

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Jim Preston

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