Dale Lang is able to stay close to his son Jason's spirit when he's in the sky flying in a hot air balloon, a passion he's had for nearly five decades.

The landing happened just off Leckie Road, near Enterprise Road, around 8:15 a.m., on Thursday.

It happened at 10 a.m. Friday morning along Highway 97A just south of Armstrong.

Nine people were injured after a hot-air balloon stuffed with fireworks exploded during a festival in Myanmar on Wednesday. 

For the second time in one week, an Okanagan Ballooning hot air balloon with passengers on board has landed abruptly due to wind activity.

"It doesn't happen that often," Okanagan Ballooning owner John Klempner said of the landing choice.

A hot air balloon with foreign tourists sightseeing over the southern city of Luxor crash landed on Friday, killing a tourist from South Africa and injuring seven others, Egyptian officials said.

“I probably had a little bit of luck because it’s an abnormal thing."

Aerial views of the Alberta countryside are on hold for Del Michaud for right now, after he says someone made off with his hot air balloon.

People living near 119 Avenue and 54 Street woke up to a colourful surprise Sunday: a hot air balloon landed in the middle of their neighbourhood.