HEALTH SCIENCES WEBSITE. OUR COVERAGE OF THE 2024 BALLOON FIESTA CONTINUES WITH THE FAMILY TRADITION BEING PASSED DOWN. REPORTER ALYSSA MUNOZ SPOKE WITH A MAN WHO WAS PILOTING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. YEAH, SASHA. WELL, HE TOLD ME THIS IS A REALLY MEANINGFUL EVENT FOR HIS FAMILY AND FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, HE’S BEEN FLYING IN FIESTA WITH HIS DAD AS A SECONDARY PILOT. NOW, THIS YEAR, HE’S GETTING TO TAKE THE REINS. TRUMAN. WORD. GETTING READY FOR MASS ASCENSION AS A FIRST TIME PRIMARY PILOT. THIS BIG MOMENT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR AS LONG AS HE CAN REMEMBER. I WAS BORN INTO IT. MY DAD’S BEEN A BALLOON PILOT SINCE HE GOT HIS LICENSE IN 1980. WARD, FOLLOWING HIS DAD’S FOOTSTEPS OF COURSE, STARTING WITH THE BASICS, CREWING FOR ESSENTIALLY MY WHOLE LIFE. FIRST TIME I WAS OUT OF A BALLOON, I WAS LIKE …