PARIS (AP) — The night the Olympic and Paralympic cauldron first flew over Paris, its designer Mathieu Lehanneur held his breath: Nothing could go wrong. The balloon, lit by the Olympic torch ...

The Paris balloon was launched in July 1999 by Aérophile, the world leader in tethered balloon flights. Proof of its renown, Aérophile was behind the famous balloon installed at the Tuileries during ...

Olympic balloon 'to return every ... Every evening during the Games, weather permitting, the balloon soared into the air, creating a new symbol for Paris. "What happiness!" Paris mayor Anne ...

PARIS--A hot-air balloon brought an Olympic ring of fire into a rainy sky and singer Celine Dion belted from the Eiffel Tower as Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century Friday ...

On Sep. 12 and 13, the air above Paris will again be filled with music and hot air balloons as the annual Paris Balloon & ...

As part of the Paris Olympics' plan to integrate urban sports into city ... The Olympic cauldron, designed to pay homage to the Montgolfier brothers and their pioneering hot air balloon, can be found ...

For the first time in the history of the Games, the cauldron — a 7-meter (23-feet) diameter ring of fire supported by a giant ...