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The ground crew for Blacky races to help guide pilot Dick Varney into a field in Auburn Saturday morning at the end of their flight during the 2016 Great Falls Balloon Festival.

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Blacky pilot Dick Varney stretches the envelope to help it fill before lighting the burner before launching Saturday morning during the Great Falls Balloon Festival.

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Chris Wurtz points out a balloon to his daughter Jenna, 3, that was starting to inflate at Lewiston High School Saturday morning. They were there to watch several balloons launching during the Great Falls Balloon Festival, including one that included a family member.

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Jeremy Gagne, 8, of Auburn, bounces up and down on one of the amusement rides at the Great Falls Balloon Festival Saturday evening in Simard Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston.

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Children play inside an inflated balloon in the children's area at the Great Falls Balloon Festival Saturday afternoon.

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Ellen Varney drives down South Main Street in Auburn while following her husband Dick Varney as he scopes out a place to land his balloon during Saturday morning's Great Falls Balloon Festival

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Ellen Varney, right, and the rest of the ground crew pull her husband Dick and his passengers across a field in Auburn after landing during Saturday morning's launch at the Great Falls Balloon Festival.

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Eric Perron of Monmouth looks up into the envelope of the hot air balloon Blacky after his flight Saturday morning during the Great Falls Balloon Festival. "I am going over right not to see if they have any more spots left this weekend. I want to go up again." he said before he even got out of the basket.

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Blacky, bottom, seems to be giving a ride to Robert Zirpolo's balloon as they floated together for a long time after lifting off from Lewiston High School during Saturday morning's Great Falls Balloon Festival

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Blacky Crew Chief Dave Bosse flops on the envelope in an Auburn field after an exhausting launch and recovery of the hot air balloon Blacky. Like the rest of the crew, Bosse was joking and embelleshing, all part of the ride. The flop had a purpose though, he then rolled up the semi-folded balloon envelope to squeeze out the remaining air so it could be packed up and put away for the next launch.

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A powered parachute flies past the moon over Lewiston Auburn Satruday morning prior to balloons launching during the Great Falls Balloon Festival.

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Blacky crew members pull down the envelope after Saturday morning's flight.

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Blacky crew member Dan Turner gets help from Ethan Boucher, 9, of Auburn who was following the balloons with his family and asked to help after landing in a field in Auburn Saturday morning during the Great Falls Balloon Festival.

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Contestants in the under 12 category of the Star Wars costume contest parade in front of the judges Saturday afternoon at the 2016 Great Falls Balloon Festival.

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Tom Hoy and his son Gabriel, of Norway, walk The All Terrain Armored Transport, or AT-AT walker they made 4 years ago, past judges in Simard Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. They broke it out for the contest at the Great Falls Balloon Festival Saturday afternoon and walked off with first place. They have been making modifications throughout the years, including a much needed portable fan for each of them to keep them cool under the Star Wars iconic battle machine.

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The Depths wind up a song on the main stage at Simard Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston Saturday afternoon during the Great Falls Balloon Festival.

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People stroll along the Riverwalk in Lewiston as others shop and play along the Androscoggin River Saturday afternoon during the Great Falls Balloon Festival.

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Grace Beecher, 8, of Auburn, does a backflilp while listening to the band Back Woods Road at Festival Plaza in Auburjn Saturday afternoon during the Great Falls Balloon Festival.

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The Lego booth was a hit along the Riverwalk in Lewiston.

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The food booths were popular all Saturday afternoon at Simard Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston as people took advantage of the beautiful weather to hang out, eat, listen to music, shop and enjoy the 2016 Great Falls Balloon Festival

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Cam, a two year old Border Collie leaps for a disc thrown by Barbara Black, background, from the New England Disc Doggers during their demonstration at Simard Payne Memorial Park Saturday afternoon during the 2016 Great Falls Balloon Festival.

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The Riverwalk in Lewiston was busy Saturday afternoon.

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Balloons rise into the morning air from Lewiston High School Saturday morning during the Great Falls Balloon Festival.

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The Riverwalk in Lewiston offered a place to relax and hang out Saturday afternoon.

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Ted and Alexia, 5, Lowell are not happy campers after coming all the way to the Great Falls Balloon Festival to watch balloons take off at Simard Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston Saturday evening and just hearing that the launch had been cancelled.