Behind the city’s painstaking operation to test balloons and clear streets for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Handlers for the Beagle Scout Snoopy balloon look to a team leader in the front ...

It’s a bird, it’s a plane! No, it’s just Snoopy floating down Central Park West at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 2024, we’ll see a whopping 34 floats, 22 massive character ...

Helium is lighter than air, and the filled balloons displace heavier air to create lift. A team of handlers on the ground guide the balloon with tethers. At the parade, handlers wear themed ...

Balloons are pulled along Market Street during the 6ABC/IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade November 27, 2008 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. William Thomas Cain/Getty ...

Become a paid member to listen to this article. In the 1920s and 30s, it wasn’t uncommon to catch a glimpse of the giant Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons floating in the air days after ...

Getty Images A parade balloon in the shape of a New York City cop is led down the street during the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. 14/23 Getty Images Balloons from 1930s Macy’s ...

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Viewers Wonder What's Up with Deflated Balloons "This poor deflated float!" one social media user wrote in response to Toys "R" Us mascot Geoffrey's deflated neck ...

After the Thanksgiving Parade ended, an exhilarated 22-year-old aviation student crashed her small plane into a 60-foot Tom-Cat balloon in Jamaica, Queens as part of a spontaneous stunt.

Between 1927 and 1933, the inflatables used to be released where they would eventually burst in the air. ... Long Nosed Freak in Macy's parade balloons for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 23: A view of Goku balloon at the 2023 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 23, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Gotham/GC Images) Photograph: Gotham/ Getty Images ...