Richard Heene is the amatuer scientist who built a hot air balloon in his backyard. His son Falcon Heene subsequently climbed into the balloon, untethered the rope, and floated away into the sky.

You can see the family from their time on Wife Swap. The family is wife Mayumi Heene, husband Richard Heene, and their three children, Bradford Heene, Ryo Heene, and Falcon Heene.



According to the show synposis at ABC, the Heene's are a risk taking family. From the show summary: "The Heene family from Colorado live life on the edge. Wife Mayumi (43) and storm scientist Richard (45) take their three kids, Bradford (8), Ryo (7) and Falcon (5), out of school to go on storm chasing missions to prove Richard's theories about magnetic fields and gravity. If conditions are right, Mayumi wakes her family by shouting "Storm Approaching, Storm Approaching!" into a bullhorn. The family sleep in their clothes so they can leap out of bed and into the storm-mobile."

• Colorado boy floats away in homemade aircraft
  Colorado boy floats away in homemade aircraft

  DENVER (Reuters) - A 6-year-old boy climbed into a small homemade helium balloon resembling a flying saucer and floated thousands of feet (meters) into the air in Colorado on Thursday. Television...

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• 6-year-old boy floats away in hot-air balloon
  6-year-old boy floats away in hot-air balloon

  A 6-year-old boy climbed into a hot-air balloon aircraft and floated away Thursday, forcing officials to scramble to figure out how to rescue the boy. Larimer County sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise...

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• Welcome to our wikizine about Bradford Heene
  Welcome to our wikizine about Bradford Heene

  Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Bradford Heene". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles...

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