The South's oldest balloon event and the country's only long distance hot air balloon race will begin Thursday in Helen (weather permitting) with a mass ascension of 20 hot air balloons.
Race competitors and local flyers will take to the sky at 7:00.
Complete details can be found here.
(2015 file photo)(By Rob Moore)
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