more than WWith eith effff oortrtss f foocuscused on the onged on the ongoingoing more than development of the new Balloon Fiesta 1,000 miles. That year’s development of the new Balloon Fiesta 1,000 miles. That year’s 19199988Park, the last couple of years of the old victors, Troy Bradley and Tami Stevenson-Bradley – millennium fell into a familiar rhythm. the competition’s fi rst female winner – fl ew well into The Balloon Fiesta now included fi ve mass ascensions, Canada. including the Flight of the Nations on Wednesdays. The Special Shape Rodeo now had evolved to consist of a Thursday morning mass ascension, a Thursday Evening balloon “glowdeo,” and a Friday afternoon competition fl ight (when the winds permitted). The “fun” hot air competitive events of the late 1970s and 1980s were giving way to tasks more like those fl own in most regional and national competitions (but the ever-popular pole grab remained). Already, America’s Challenge gas balloon competitors were posting distances of ® 162 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta