A Short Report on a Balloon trip, Oct 19, 1995

Thursday Oct. 19
We had a successful flight on October 19. We left from 264th and North of the freeway and landed in Langley airport. Winds were North Easterly below 2200 ft and Southerly above that. We rose to 2800 ft and were in the air for 1:20, the extra time being due to a stall 100 meters from the landing site. We collected data regarding pressure, temperature and specifics of the balloon. There clearly was a warm front coming in, the precurser to today's cyclonic activity. Unfortunately, both cameras were out of batteries, so we have no photos or video (too bad!)

There may be further flights if we get either a few days without rain, or a cold snap in December, where show will brush off the balloon.

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Modified: 20/10/1995 by goddyn@sfu.ca (Luis Goddyn)