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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, HES BEEN FLYING IN FIESTA WITH HIS DAD AS A SECONDARY PILOT. NOW, THIS YEAR, HES 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 DADS BEEN A BALLOON PILOT SINCE HE GOT HIS LICENSE IN 1980. WARD, FOLLOWING HIS DADS FOOTSTEPS OF COURSE, STARTING WITH THE BASICS, CREWING FOR ESSENTIALLY MY WHOLE LIFE. FIRST TIME I WAS OUT OF A BALLOON, I WAS LIKE MONTHS OLD. SO AS SOON AS, LIKE, A WHOLE, THE CROWN LINE OR ANYTHING, MY DAD HAD ME OUT THERE HELPING, TEACHING THE HISTORY FOR THE FIRST TIME FLIERS. AND WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BALLOONING AND, YOU KNOW, AND TALK ABOUT THE MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS. IN 1783. AND MY DAD HAD ME TAKE OVER THAT CEREMONY TEN, 12 YEARS AGO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT WARD HAS LEARNED TO PILOT MORE THAN JUST A HOT AIR BALLOON. HE TOLD ME HE WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO FLY AN AIRPLANE BEFORE ILL TEACH YOU TO FLY THE BALLOON. SO I GOT MY FIXED WING LICENSE FIRST, AND THEN HE TAUGHT ME TO FLY THE BALLOON AFTER THAT AMAZING EXPERIENCE. ITS SO QUIET. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOURE NOT BURNING, YOU JUST HEAR THE. THE WICKER CREAKING AS YOU FLY, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR THE TANKS KIND OF MAKING LITTLE NOISES HERE AND THERE AND ITS JUST SERENE, LIKE ITS PEACEFUL. ITS THE CLOSEST YOU CAN GET TO TO FLYING WITHOUT A VEHICLE. YOU KNOW, YOURE JUST KIND OF FLOATING ALONG WITH THE BREEZE. NOTING THE BEST PART IS THE TEAMWORK. IT TAKES TO GET IT IN THE AIR. I LIKE THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF IT TOO. YOU HAVE TO HAVE CREW TO BE WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, THERES THAT WHOLE SOCIAL PART OF IT. YOU CANT GO FLY A BALLOON BY YOURSELF, SO IT FORCES YOU TO TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE AND SHARE IT. WARD WORKS FOR SPACE-X, BUT HE SAYS THIS EXPERIENCE IS PRIORITY. I KNOW ITS THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED EVENT IN THE WORLD. YOU KNOW, ITS THE BIGGEST BALLOON RALLY IN THE WORLD. ITS AMAZING. ITS JUST TOO MUCH FUN. WOULDNT PASS IT UP. I MEAN, WERE LAUNCHING A ROCKET PRETTY SOON, BUT I WAS LIKE, NO, I GOT TO COME OUT HERE. I GOT TO GO TO BALLOON FIESTA. NOW, IF YOURE NOT ABLE TO SEE WORD, HE WILL BE AT BALL