Gone with the Wind: Photo gallery filled with images from balloon race
Published 6:11 am Saturday, October 17, 2015
The Natchez Democrat
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- Hot air balloon pilot Robert Lupton turns on the burners of his hot air balloon to give it lift while participating in the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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- Hot air balloons hover over fields outside Vidalia during the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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- Maggie Brown-Dean, left, and Megan Bussjager hold open the bottom of Robert and Sally Lupton’s hot air balloon while it inflates. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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- Support team members for the hot air balloon belonging to Robert and Sally Lupton hold the balloon canvas to put it away after Robert took it for a flight. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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- A support team car for one of the hot air balloons chase their balloon to the landing point down a dirt road. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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- Sally Lupton gets excited while holding the opening of her and her husband Robert’s balloon as it inflates. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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- Support team members for Robert and Sally Lupton’s balloon straighten out the balloon’s canvas before inflating it. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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- Hot air balloons called Puddles and Splash prepare to lift off from the Concordia Parish Airport. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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- Cade Aiken, 4, helps put away the hot air balloon belonging to Robert and Sally Lupton after they landed in a field outside Vidalia during the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race’s media flight. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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- Andrew Holly fires up the burners on the penguin shaped hot air balloon called Splash. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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- Donnie Babb comforts Kody Babb, 2, after he got scared by the hot air balloon burners lighting up. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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- The penguin shaped hot air balloon called Splash lights up during the balloon glow. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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- Hot air balloon pilot Ann Kirby lights the burner on her balloon the Morning Kiss during the balloon glow portion of the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race. Several pilots lit up their burners to light up the festival grounds for those in attendance. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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- Vera Smith, 3, sits on the shoulders of Kason Smith, left, and Josiah Cocke, 2, sits on the shoulders of Joe Cocke while watching the hot air balloon called Splash during the balloon glow. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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- Hot air balloon pilot Ann Kirby lights the burner on her balloon the Morning Kiss during the balloon glow portion of the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race. Several pilots lit up their burners to light up the festival grounds for those in attendance. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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