A huge elvis Presley, an ice cream cone and a wheelchair between children of the new shape, in order to take into the sky's annual hot air balloon festival in new Mexico, is expected to draw 70 visitors from all over the world.
41st session of Albuquerque international balloon festival will be from start on Saturday launched hundreds of hot-air balloon.
Carnival officials hope for an improvement in the weather, in this year's 9 days of things wind and rain absence of several events balloon last year, cutting at about 100000 passengers.
However, organizers last year to send 345 balloons at the same time, to break the world record.
"There are some things we can't control," director don Edwards said. "But, we still try to put a play."
Edwards said, officials do not intend to break any record this year, but have signed more than 550 pilots fly holiday balloon. This is slightly higher than in most of the year, "he said.
Last year's activity attracted more than 700000 viewers. Officials say this is from 2010 years of 800000 visitors.
Prediction requirements in the area of Saturday and Sunday between fine cloudy sky, wind speed for 12 miles.
Wind: 11.5 miles per hour faster, less than three miles of popularity and clouds below 1500 feet, will delay or cancel any emission balloon. However, the wind is different, because some of the blocked SangDiYa national laboratory mountain carnival park near the launch site. Officials to determine whether balloon can start measuring wind speed in the field.
First appeared in the activity this year is the Spanish "shining star" balloon, its shape like a child was sitting in her wheelchair to a star. Other balloon, make their festival launched including "the lion simba", "the universe astronauts" and "small firefighters" fire helmets like an air ball.
Officials say, this year's conference will have more balloon pilot activity, have the opportunity to win the horse riding to travel, in new Mexico SangDiYa national laboratory mountain or in the Rio grande whitewater rafting trip.




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