There isn't enough money in the world to pay me to get into a hot air balloon.

Not Dr Grande releasing a video about this when I just booked my hotel for the Albuquerque balloon festival in October 😂 Noooooooo!

The only time I have ever been in a balloon was with him. He told some unbelievable balloon stories like Flying a balloon at 200 knot ground speed over th Eiger. He was a character.

"Most balloon pilots agree that being in the basket is the optimal position for the continued safe operation of the aircraft." LOL! Funny, but also not that funny.

This one breaks my heart, at the same time is kind of poetic.

Ok but he stopped people from helping him because he didn't want to risk everyone else life for him, I respect that

It is surreal to see a Dr. Grande episode set in my backyard. I live in the Post Mills area, my father-in-law piloted out of that airport for 20-something years, and my husband and I went up in Brian's balloon on a date early in our courtship. When our son was little, we used to take him to see the balloons and the museum.

Thank you again Dr. Grande 🙏 It's hard not to respect such an eccentric artist. That museum was so crafty. I'm sorry to hear of this tragedy and that the innocent also paid for this man's mistake. I'm sure that in his last moments he was as horrifically surprised as his passengers.

Dr., my wife and I look forward to your coverage and humor each day. Thank you.

Thank god that kid survived , it’s tough to hear these stories with child victims

This is a sad story of Brian Boland who died doing what he loved doing most. Thank you Dr. Grande for giving weight to a story that needed a good bounce.

Brian Boland sounds like an interesting eccentric ("a real character", as people say). If I understood right, his fateful final flight was his first time back in the sky after his health problems (I live near Vermont and wouldn't mind checking out those giant sculptures one day; I wonder if they are still viewable?) Thanks, as always, Dr. Grande!

Parts of the story sound like a Road Runner cartoon, parts of it don't. The passengers were really lucky to get out alive.

Sad that someone with so much experience was so unprepared.

I agree completely in that the pilot is best served in the basket instead of dangling from the outside. Being inside the baskets tends to increase your odds of survival.

I've had many opportunities to go up in balloons, I've just never been attracted to them. The photos are stunning, just have never wanted to do it.

He sounds like he was a lovely person. This is so sad.

I'm so glad I found your channel, with that said. Brian did not adhere to rule number one of safety, Check for all essential tools, then check again or have someone else check again

Oh my goodness I was laughing and wondering how on Earth you kept a straight face during your droll description of the first crash..then the smile was wiped off my face by suspense and horror. Thrilling story of how physics won't forgive absent mindedness. Thanks for the video ❤

Brian Bolland was a great comic book artist 👩🏻‍🎨

I really enjoy hearing true stories on this channel. Interesting how Dr. Todd tells the story about Brian, truly a visionary and pioneer in ballooning. A lot of influencers don’t focus on the analysis, instead only on the terrible accident.

To add to his eccentricity the part of his airfield that had the vermontasaurus was open to the public and those barns he had were actually a museum of a lot of really cool oddities he collected over the years. He gave me a tour not long before he passed miss him he was really cool

My aunt & uncle had a small hot air balloon company for several years. They flew regularly in a New Mexico festival. I only flew with them once, and it was a lovely experience (except for helping to blow up the balloons before hand, because that made me throw up. The vibrations of the large fans used did not sit well with breakfast. Lol). I can definitely appreciate why someone would want to do that; except for the roar of the (controlled) fire, it’s very peaceful. They never had any accidents, fortunately.

Well, I'd say that was a ride straight out of a nightmare. First, the igniter not being found would be enough to panic all aboard but then the ensuing events are just unphathomable. Just thinking of him hanging from the basket gives me chills. I bet the survivors will likely avoid ever getting into another hot air balloon. Thank you for another interesting case, Dr. Grande. And for giving me a reason to NEVER go on a balloon ride.😂❤ I actually never would've anyways, this just reiterates why I wont.

I think it would be amazing to experience a ride on a hot air balloon. It's just so sad to hear such a heartbreaking story. 😢😢😢

I was going to relate my own experience crashing in a balloon with 10 other people, piloted by a young man who was filling in for his uncle, who chose to pilot another balloon. But, poor Brian...

Dr. Grande lays in the humor so nonchalantly and matter of fact.

Dr Grande: I am hopelessly "addicted" to your channel!🎉

I feel bad thinking about him folding his arms in front of himself and falling, looking up at the balloon as he fell. I wonder why the people on board didn’t try to pull him back in the basket? Or did they, but couldn’t?

How can you save guys like this? Stubbornness is seriously life threatening.

Dr Grande, I am not an intellectual, but I enjoy your videos tremendously. I love your dry sense of humour, telling the joke without flinching😂. I would love to see behind the scenes footage 🤭

Dr Grande is a straight up savage 😂

I took a short balloon flight at a county fair in Texas when I was in high school and loved every second of it. This story is horrifying and heartbreaking.

"...his head in the clouds"~ Dr. Grande, before the 2 min mark. This is going to be a good one, pun-wise.

Sad story for sure. Balloons are fun but can be dangerous as many factors involved, esp when changing the design. Great points again. Thanks Dr G😊💙💜

This story brings new meaning to the phrase, “Does anyone have a light?”😮

Doc, you’re killing me with that lead balloon line at the end!😂😂😂 I was just winding down with the ending thinking about my next video and then you said that and it made me do a spit-take with the water I was drinking at the time!

I would say his hyperinflated Ego Deflated, leading to his Downfall. A sad end to his High Times 😢

My aunt saw this happen from the ground. She saw him fall from the balloon.

Since 2000, one person per year on average has died in a hot air balloon accident. This incident was unusual in that it did not involve crashing into power lines and exploding into flames ... It is interesting that only 0.07% of hot air balloon accidents in the US involve a fatality.

Did the first passenger who fell out get injured?

At first the story was uplifting. Hot air balloons fascinate me. Many times balloonists have gone right over my house, so low we can shout to each other. But my heart got heavy when I saw how delicate the airship can be when one is not prepared. I think it is safer to piece together a puzzle than a hot air balloon. Thanks Dr. Grande.

Yes. Another story about physics. At my high school, the word was out. “If you take physics, bring lots of paper.”

Yeah dude, you can't be fucking around and going "ah shucks what did I do with that blasted ignitor", when you're hundreds of feet in the air with passengers.

"He combined them with other junk" 😆

Balloon..."under the weather". Doc you're just killing it😅😂😅!

Great story, Dr G. As always. But, maybe I missed it… how was grandma? I’m sure you would have mentioned if she was severely injured. Here’s hoping she was ok

Please cover the cases of Susan Powell, Anthony sowell, Nicholas barclay

Wow I've never been this early 😊 love your videos, Dr. Grande!

Interesting story Dr. Grande, but your dry sense of balloon humor had me rolling with this video. You crack me up!

I must admit, Dr. Grande, I do not find this horrible tragedy something to make fun of. 😢😢😢

So many stories, so little time! ❤ Thanks, Grande, for all the interesting and informative analyses! ❤ We appreciate your work.❤

How unfortunate for this man and the passengers. And. how sad that the world lost one of it's more creative characters.

Brian Bolans brilliant balloon became unbalanced , baffling both Brian and the passengers aboard Brian’s balloon. Before he knew it, Brian became basically besieged between the balloon and the brush below. Brian blooped from the balloon but became unbalanced and his grip was broken.

Once again, thank you DR Grande for a very informative straight forward video. ❤️

The five hazardous attitudes of/in aviation: Anti-authority, Impulsivity, Invulnerability, Macho, and Resignation

He was wonderfully eccentric and this is very sad.

Thanks for the presentation and analysis. Through a couple degrees of separation, I know this guy.

1) Don't be corpulant and/or have a backup person if you're too old to handle the duties. 2) Make sure you can do a pull-up. 3) Have a step or ballast rigging on the basket that can be used for support

7:23 I can’t even believe what I’m hearing. Terrifying.

Dr Grande, Brian Boland had a lot in common with Stockton Rush. Thank you and love from Canada.

Woo! Thanks again DG!

What goes up must come down...what a horrible avoidable disaster.

Thanks, Doc❤❤❤

I've always wanted to ride in one of those balloons. Years ago, one landed on the golf course I worked at, it touched down perfectly, like a feather.

He looks like Oddball from Kelly's Heroes.

Sad. I wonder if he had life insurance and what the premiums for people dangling in baskets with flaming propane burners beneath a gaseous bag hundreds of feet in the air ?

“Most balloon pilots agree that being in the basket is the optimal position for the continued safe operation of the aircraft.” 😂🤣👏👏👏

Nobody could pay me enough to go up in a hot air balloon.

Procrastination with Propane propels pilot and passengers into panicky plunge, proving plummets can promptly produce an upchuck.

Thank you for another great video and we love your humor!!💕

Thank you, Dr. Todd Grande. My best to you & your family & your adorable dogs.⭐💓🐕🐕

lol!! I learn so much watching Dr.Grande!! So Stay In the Basket!! Got it!!

I feel so called out by the "creative little don't like following rules" bit 😅😅😅. This was really sad, and unfortunately high sensation seekers will forego safety measures quite often.

Just before my girls and I went up in a hot air balloon, we were tasked with spreading out, opening up, and holding the fabric as it was being filled with hot air. At that time, I noticed that there were upper and lower tubular metal racks at the top and the bottom of the wicker basket in which we were to stand. There were also thick and thin canes that ran perpendicular to the metal racks and wicker handles were woven into the outside for carrying the basket and handles woven into the inside for passengers to hang onto with gas tanks lining the basket's interior. The reason I believe that wicker is used for the basket is to provide a natural cushion for landing on the ground, because that is what we experienced. Even though it was a soft landing, the basket had a tendency to bounce. Because the second igniter was not found immediately in the Brian Boland case, he and his passengers in his hot air balloon dropped to the ground precipitously on an inclined slope, hit the ground hard, and bounced him and an adult passenger out of the basket. Unfortunately, while she fell clear, he did not because as he fell head first over the side one of his feet got caught entangled between the top metal rack and the wicker wall of the basket as the impact opened the gap between the metal rack and the wicker wall. This gap would have tightened back up as the balloon re-ascended. This would have been much like how Chinese finger cuffs trap their victims' digits. Even if he would have tried to get loose with the help of the remaining adult passengers, their combined weight at the edge where he was trapped would have tightened the trap further. The only way out would have been for them to shift their weight to the other side to loosen the trap around his foot as he pulled himself up, while simultaneously removing his shod foot. With his age, physical condition of being overweight, and his poor health being at issue, that was impossible.

I'm found myself almost missing the story waiting for all of Dr. Grande's puns. 😂

I think because he flew so soon after his surgery and medical problems, maybe he didn’t do his safety checks like normal. He probably shouldn’t have flown so soon, good that at least his passengers landed safely but I’m sure they were very frightened.

Always interesting Thank you❤

My first, last and only hot air balloon ride was in the Masai Mara of Kenya. I could not believe I was getting into such a dangerous contraption. But I figured the French have been flying them since the 1780s, so what could go wrong.?.😂

This sounds like the plot for a tragic suspense docudrama.

Wow! I bet that left a mark. Poor old dude.

As I listened to this story, I hoped the end would be happy. I was rooting for it. Even though I already knew that since Dr. Grande was narrating it, the likelihood would be what happened could not have ended welll.

Lost my friend Natalie Lewis in May 2014 in a Richmond, Virginia hot air balloon crash. The balloon hit power lines. She was only 24 and died from burning to death. The pilot and her friend Ginny jumped to their deaths. Natalie was beautiful, engaged and had so much life ahead. I’ll never get on a hot air balloon. Ever.

"Vermontosaurus's diets must constituted of wood, lol!💓🦖💓

Doc -- I was surprised to catch a glimpse of you on a network TV channel & hope you don't suddenly announce that you'll be going all Dr Phil on us --- I think I speak for many when I implore with all sincerity , "please sir --- stay as you are."

OH MY GOSH!!! I just saw you on “Who the Bleep Did I Marry”! You were fantastic! Great job Doc! I’ve watched u for years this was so neat!

Good morning Dr Grande, it's 6.45 am Wednesday 17th January here and I'm sipping coffee watching you xoxox

That he still retained a 'business' licence to fly with something that can go up in flames, literally is a wonder in itself I guess.

I expected a bodacious boatload of B alliterations! I mean the guys name has the initials BB! 😮

Always had a healthy fear of heights, and falling. Reoccurring dream theme. Another sad story.

@1:36 Technically not a pilot and certainly not sending any negative wavs, Dr. Grande. More Cacti! Need an instumental for that stage.

This really sounds like the balloon version of Oceangate. But less tragic in comparison.

could Dr Grande please analize the cases described in the last Shrouded hand video? about mirrors, delusions of insects and the Truman Show syndrome? A look from the doctor's side would be so interesting, thank you

I like your whole setup you got there.

Can you analyze the case of Paul Bernardo and Karla homolka. The ken and barbie killers

He was getting too old for that activity and had difficulty giving it up. He was just medically cleared to return but should have waited a little while longer to gather himself. He lived a happy life for the most part. I think he may have been grappling with the fact that he didn't have the strength and cognitive abilities he once had.😢

Without knowing Brian personally I wonder if he was the type of person who gravitated toward fringe pursuits in order to become an expert in the artistic way to fly balloons field- that didn’t need one. It may have been his way of overcoming his introversion. He could gain recognition without having to interact with anyone in a competitive way. It reminds me of Norman bates and his taxidermy decorated motel. I would encourage anyone to pursue their creative talents but there are other people we are responsible for in this world and that needs to come first

Fascinating story

Dr. Grande.... business expansion suggestion...would you consider doing a sleep podcast or videos? Like one where talk about banal things instead of murder and mayhem. Audio sleep aids can do quite well and usually involve repeat listens.

Excellent video AFTER-BURNER