Balloon club member prepares for launch

December 8, 2012 | 4:23 p.m. CST

Ben Humphreys, 15, fires up his balloon early in the morning on Nov. 4 at Discovery Parkway in Columbia. Humphreys is the youngest pilot in the Show-Me Balloon Club, founded in January 2011.

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