Night Crawler

During the closing ceremony, which involves a freehand pour from a bottle of Professor Muldoon-label champagne into each passenger's open mouth, Gary Michalak elegantly lands his balloon in nearly exactly the spot he left.

"I've never seen a balloon come back here," says "Jumpman" in marvel.

Paul Trapani

Worth the Price of Admission: A dawn balloon ride with Professor Muldoon.

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"It's pretty unusual," agrees Professor Muldoon, "to be up in the air that long and catch exactly the right current back in again. Yep, pretty unusual."