Photo Gallery: Hot air balloon at Jordan Middle School
A hot air balloon with about 300 sixth graders watching is about to take a tethered flight at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A hot-air balloon that floated above the grassy field at David Starr Jordan Middle School on Monday carried some special passengers — two teachers and three administrators — much to the amazement of the students dozens of feet below.
6th grade math and science teacher Catherine Eskandar, who was a little afraid to fly in the balloon, was strongly startled after a blast of fire was shot above her into the balloon to keep it inflated a hot air balloon at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Maria Chieruzzi, of Details Above All Hot Air Balloons shoots a loud hot blast of fire into a hot air balloon at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Jordan Middle School Principal Stacy Cashman and Assistant Principal of Discipline Leonidas Tarca float above about 300 sixth graders in a hot air balloon at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
6th grade students watch their teachers in a hot air balloon at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A hot air balloon for about 300 sixth grade students to watch at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
About to lift off, a shot of fire sents a burst of heat inot a hot air balloon at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Maria Chieruzzi, of Details Above All Hot Air Balloons shoots a loud hot blast of fire into a hot air balloon at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Jordan Middle School Principal Stacy Cashman helps inflate a hot air balloon that she flew in over 300 6th grade students at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Rylan Chieruzzi, with Details Above All Hot Air Balloons releases velcro straps to allow another section of the hot air balloon to inflate at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
6th grade math and science teacher Catherine Eskandar is caught in a fan blast of air that was used to inflate a hot air balloon that she and fellow 6th grade teacher Sarah Reed float in above about 300 6th grade students at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
P.E. teacher Helen Quayle talks to about 300 sixth grade students about a hot air balloon, behind her, that will lift off for a tethered float at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
6th grade math and science teacher Catherine Eskandar gets into the basket of a hot air balloon, helped by fellow 6th grade math and science teacher Sarah Reed, who also flew, at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
6th grade students watch their teachers in a hot air balloon at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A blast of fire sends heat into a hot air balloon at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Kalyn Chieruzzi, of Details Above All Hot Air Balloons, grabs onto the basket in an attempt to stablize it amidst a spell of wind that was pushing the tethered hot air balloon around a bit at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
With the hot air balloon on the ground, 6th grade teachers Catherine Eskandar and Sarah Reed play with their students after a brief and eventful flight at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
6th grade math and science teachers Catherine Eskandar and Sarah Reed float in a basket below a hot air balloon at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
6th grade students watch their teachers in a hot air balloon at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
P.E. teacher Helen Quayle helps vent the hot air balloon to deflate it at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Teachers and Details Above All Hot Air Balloon staff work together to store the balloon in a large bag after it flew over about 300 students at Jordan Middle School in Burbank on Monday, October 28, 2013. The balloon, with a capacity equal to 77,000 basketballs, was provided by Details Above All Hot Air Balloons to give 6th graders a live demonstration of a balloon in flight. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)