In 1927, three years after the parade launched, Felix the Cat debuted as its first big balloon. Felix was a cartoon cat that ...

Lithuania’s Prime Minister has said it’s “a hybrid attack” – hundreds of weather balloons flying across the border from ...

Things are looking up for Minnesota's nascent helium industry, because miners keep going down to find more of it.

When Macy’s first introduced a helium-filled character balloon into the Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1927, people watching from the sidewalks of New York didn’t quite know what they were looking at.

Every November, New York’s streets come alive with gigantic characters that make you stop mid-step. The Macy’s Parade is more ...

Pathfinder 1 looks like a blimp, but much bigger. It's part of a wave of interest in "lighter-than-air" or LTA aircraft.

Seasonal parades across the city feature floats, marching groups, decorated boats for Christmas and more. Here is when the ...

CNN floats down memory lane with some of the iconic balloons, and how the New York landscape has changed, alongside the ...

Lithuania has said it will shoot down weather balloons that keep floating over from Belarus. The baltic nation doesn’t have an issue with its neighbour’s weather forecasting – it’s the cigarettes that ...

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade returns to NYC, where millions gather to watch massive balloons and floats, a tradition ...

PROUDLY sponsored by Hang Seng Insurance and supported by the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau and the Hong Kong Tourism Board, the anticipated Merry Balloon Hong Kong Cross-Intellectual Property ...