A 16-year-old Indianola native is a licensed hot-air balloon pilot. Landon Olson grew up being interested in hot-air balloons. His first time in a basket was when he was just four years old.

The Balloon Museum's new exhibition at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts is a playful collection of larger-than-life ...

FILE - A National Weather Service weather balloon sits ready for launch in the Upper Air Inflation Building at the National ...

FILE – A National Weather Service weather balloon sits ready for launch in the Upper Air Inflation Building at ... the atmosphere is going to be hot enough to set off severe storms and how ...

FILE - A National Weather Service weather balloon sits ready for launch in the Upper Air Inflation Building at ... whether the atmosphere is going to be hot enough to set off severe storms and ...